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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

[The figures other than tlie page numbers denote the number 
of date-facts under the respective titles and sub-titles. Whole 
number over 9000. The titles are arranged in the book in 
alphabetical sequence] 

Acquisition of Territory 32 (p. 1). 

Admission, Secession and He-admission of States 65 (p. 2). 

Agricultural College Fund Acts 3 (p. 3). 

Agricultural Colleges Established 62 (p. 4). 

Battles on Land 2771 (p. 61) ; Colonial Period 135, Eevo- 
lutionary Period 119, ''War of 1812" Period 109, Mex- 
ican War Period 52, Civil War Period 2240, Spanish 
W^ar Period 20. 

Battles on the Water 190 (p. 54) ; Colonial Period 3, Revo- 
lutionary Period 61, "War of 1812" Period 87, C:.Yil 
War Period 24, Spanish War Period 4. 

Confederate States of America —Data 32 (p. 61). 

Confederation Data S6 (p. 61). 

Colonial Congresses 3 (p. 63). 

Congressional Apportionments 39 (p. 63). 

Congress, Terms, Sessions and Pol. Complexion 6'84 
(p. 64). 

Constitutions, Federal and State 67 (p. 70). 

Conventions 168 and Nominations 187 (p. 70). 

Department Heads 286 (p. 76) ; Secretaries of State 42, of 
War 55, of the Navy 42, of the Treasury 50, of the 
Interior 24, of Agriculture 4, Postmasters-General 48, 
Attorneys-General 54. 

Disasters 723 (p. 82) ; Epidemics 47, Fires 141, Floods 59, 
Miscellaneous 47, on Railroads 106, to Shipping 231, 
by Winds 92. 

Discoveries, Settlements and Establishment of Cities 466 
(p. 108). 

Duels of Note 15 (p. 119). 

Electoral and Popular Votes 243 (p. 120). 

Executions of Note 11 (p. 124). 

First Instances 135 (p. 124). 

Insurrections, Mutinies and Riots 230 (p. 128). 

Massacres 70 (p. 137). 



vi TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Miscellaneous Events 251 (p. 140) ; Alabama Arbitration, 
Alabama Letter, "i^lbany Plan of Union/' Alien and 
Sedition Laws, Allianca Affair, Amistad Case, Am- 
nesty Proclamations, Andersonville Prison, Atherton 
Gag, Bank of the U. S., Bankrupt Acts, ''Battle of the 
Kegs,'' Behring Sea Tribunal, "Black Friday," Blaclc 
Warrioi', Blaine vs. Conkling, Bland Silver Bill, 
Blockade of Southern Ports, Blue-Light Federalists, 
Brooks' Assault on Sumner, Bunker Hill Monument, 
Burrs Conspiracy, Cardiff Giant, Censures of Presi- 
dent, Charter Oak, Cherokee Case, Chinese Exclusion, 
Cipher Dispatches, Civil Eights Act, Civil Service Ke- 
form. Commercial Crises, Compromise of 1850, Conk- 
ling and Piatt Resignations, "Conway Cabal," Covode 
Investigation, Credit Mobilier Scandal, Creole Case, 
"Crittenden Compromise," Cuban Electoral Law% 
Cumberland Road, Da vis- Wade Manifesto, DeGolyer 
Contract, Deposits — removal of. Disputed Presidential 
Elections, Edmunds' Electoral Act, Electoral Commis- 
sion, The Embargo, "Era of Good Feeling" Exposi- 
tions, "The Federalist," The Flag, Foot's Resolution, 
Force Bill, Fortune Ba}', Frankland, Freedmen's Bu- 
reau, French Spoliation Claims, Fugitive Slave Law, 
Fundamental Constitution, "Fundamentals," "Genet 
— Citizen," Geneva Arbitration of Alabama Claims, 
"Gerrymander," Giddings' Resolution, Gold Standard 
Act, Grand Review of Army of the Potomac, Habeas 
Corpus Suspension, Halifax Fishery Commission 
Award, Hampton Roads Conference, Hartford Con- 
vention, Henry Documents, Henry Ward Beecher 
Trial, Impeachments, "Impending Crisis," Inter-State 
Commerce Act, Jackson's Is'ullification Proclamation, 
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Katakazy's Dismissal, Ken- 
tucky Resolutions, Koszta Affair, Lincoln and Douglas 
Joint Debate, Louis Kossuth, Maine — Destruction of, 
Mason's and Dixon's Line, Mayflower Compact, 
McLeod Case, Mecklenburgh Declaration, Memorial 
Day, Merrimac — sinking of, Military Commission, 
Milligan's Case, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doc- 
trine, Morgan's Disappearance, "Morey Letter," Mor- 
mons, Mulligan Letters, Naval Academy, New Eng- 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. vii 

land Union, Nullification Ordinance, Olmstead Case, 
Ordinance of 1787, Ostend Manifesto, Pan-American 
Conference, Paris Monetary Conference, Patrick 
Henry's Speech, Paul Eevere's Ride, Porto Rico Civil 
Government Act, Proclamation of Rebellion, "Rum, 
Romanism and Rebellion,'' Sackville-West's Recall, 
Salary Grab, Sherman's March to the Sea, Silver Bill, 
Shimonoseki Indemnity, Silver Purchase Act, Specie 
Payments, Spiritualistic Manifestations, Spoils Sys- 
tem, Star Route Trials, Sub-Treasury System, Surplus 
Money Distribution, Tariff Commission, Tenure of 
Office Act, Trent Affair, Tweed Ring, "Uncle Tom's 
Cabin," "United Colonies of New England," U. S. 
Seal Adopted, Virginia Resolutions, Virginius Affair, 
Washington's Farewell Address, Webster's Reply to 
Hayne, Webster's "Betrayal Speech," Weller vs. 
Shriver, West Point Military Academy, Whiskey Ring, 
Wide Awakes, Wilmot Proviso, Witchcraft Delusion, 
X Y Z Mission, Yazoo Frauds. 

Murders of Note 13 (p. 147). 

Natural Phenomena 124 (p. 148). 

Newspapers of Early Establishment 76 (p. 152). 

Patents of Note 142 (p. 154). 

Presidents 75 (p. 158) and Vice-Presidents 72. 

Senate Presidents Pro-tem 183 (p. 160). 

Slavery Abolished 24 (p. 162). 

Societies and Organizations Founded 226 (p. 162) ; Artis- 
tic 3, Church-Adjunct 26, College Fraternities for Men 
28, College Fraternities for Women 7, Educational 7, 
Fraternal 46, Learned 45, Miscellaneous 21, Patriotic 
34, Religio-Scientific 2, Southern Confederacy 4, 
Women's Associations 3. 

Speakers of House of Representatives 114 (p. 169). 

Sporting Events (p. 170) ; America's Cup 17, Pugilism 11. 

Supreme Court Decisions of General Interest 20 (p. 172). 

Supreme Court Justices 59 (p. 174). 

Tariff Acts 183 (p. 175). 

Territories Organized 39 (p. 182). 

Treaties and Conventions 354 (p. 183). 

Universities and Colleges Founded 392 (p. 192). 

Wars 133 (p. 199) ; Colonial 18, Federal 115. 



THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 



ACQUISITION OF TEREITOEY. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

1606, April 10, Grant by James I. to "London Company;" 
April 10, Grant by James I. to "Plymouth Company." 

1620, Nov. 3, "Great Patent" by James I. to "Council of 
Plymouth." 

1627, March 19, Grant by Charles I. to "The Governor 
and Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England." 

1662, April 23, Charter by Charles II. to "Connecticut 
Colony." 

1663, March 24, Charles II., Grant to "The Lords Pro- 
prietary of the Province of Carolina." 

1732, June '9, George II. Charter to "The Trustees for es- 
tablishing the Colony of Georgia in America." 

1775-1783, Revolutionary War, ratified by preliminary 
treaty with Great Britain, Nov. 30, 1782, and defini- 
tive treaty (of Paris) Sept. 3, 1783. 

1781, March 1, New York Cession, unconditional. 

1784, March 1, Virginia Cession, with reservation. 

1785, April 19, Massachusetts Cession, unconditional. 

1786, Sept. 14, Connecticut Cession, reserving "Western 
Reserve." 

1787, Aug. 9, South Carolina Cession, unconditional. 
1790, Feb. 25, North Carolina Cession, with stipulation 

concerning slavery. 



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1800, May 13, Connecticut resigns jurisdiction of "Western 
Eeserve." 

1802, April 24, Georgia Cession, with condition concerning 
Indian titles. 

1803, April 30, "Louisiana Purchase," by treaty with 
France. 

1814, Dec. 24, Moose Islands, etc., Maine, treaty of Ghent. 

1818, Oct. 20, concerning 49th parallel boundary, treaty 
at London. 

1819, Feb. 22, Florida acquired by treaty with Spain. 
1822, June 18, concerning islands of St. Lawrence, treaty 

at Utica, N. Y. 
w 1845, Dec. 29, Texas declared a State of the Union by 
Congressional joint resolution. 

1846, June 15, concerning boundary from Rocky Moun- 
tains westward, by treaty. 

1848, Feb. 2, Xew Mexico and Upper California, treaty cf 
Guadalupe Hidalgo. 

1853, Dec. 30, "Gadsden Purchase," by treaty with Mexico. 

1867, March 30, Alaska, by treaty with Russia. 

1872, Oct. 21, concerning Fuca Strait, etc., arbitrament by 
Emperor William I. of Germany. 
^ 1898, July 6, Hawaii annexed by joint resolution of Con- 
gress; Dec. 10, Philippines, Porto Rico and Guam by 
treaty with Spain ; also protectorate over Cuba ; Pine 
Island, West Indies. 

1899, Jan., Wake Island; Dec. 2, Tutuila, treaty with 
Great Britain and Germany. 

1900, Cibitu and Caqayan, P. L, purchased for $100,000 
from Spain by treaty. 



ADMISSION, SECESSION AND RE-ADMISSION OF 
STATES. 

THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES. 

Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, 
North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New 
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and 
Virginia. 



AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FUND ACTS. 



ADMISSION OP STATES. 

Vermont, March 4, 1791; Kentucky, June 1, 1792; 
Tennessee, June 1, 1796; Ohio, Feb. 19, 1803; 
Louisiana, April 30, 1812; Indiana, Dec. 11, 1816; 
Mississippi, Dec. 10, 1817; Illinois, Dec. 3, 1818; 
Alabama, Dec. 14, 1819; Maine, March, 15, 
1820; Missouri, Aug. 10, 1821; Arkansas, June 15, 
1836; Michigan, Jan. 26, 1837; Florida, March 3, 
1845 ; Texas, Dec. 29, 1845 ; Iowa, Dec. 28, 1846 ; Wis- 
consin, May 29, 1848; California, Sept. 9, 1850 
Minnesota, May 11, 1858; Oregon, Feb. 14, 1859 
Kansas, Jan. 29, 1861 ; West Virginia, June 19, 1863 
Nevada, Oct. 31, 1864; Nebraska, March 1, 1867 
Colorado, Aug. 1, 1876 ; North Dakota, Nov. 2, 1889 
South Dakota, Nov. 2, 1889 ; Montana, Nov. 8, 1889 
Washington, Nov. 11, 1889; Idaho, July 3, 1890 
Wyoming, July 11, 1890; Utah, Jan. 4, 1896. 

SECESSION OF STATES. 

South Carolina, Dec. 20, 1860; Mississippi, Jan. 9, 1861; 
Florida, Jan. 10, 1861; Alabama, Jan. 11, 1861; 
Louisiana, Jan. 26, 1861 ; Texas, Feb. 1, 1861 ; Vir- 
ginia, April 17, 1861; Arkansas, May 6, 1861; North 
Carolina, May 21, 1861 ; Tennessee, June 8, 1861. 

RE-ADMISSION OF STATES. 

Tennessee, Julv 24, 1866; Arkansas, June 22, 1868; Ala- 
bama, June 25, 1868 ; South Carolina, June 25, 1868 ; 
North Carolina, June 25, 1868; Florida, June 25, 
1868; Louisiana, June 25, 1868; Virginia, Jan. 26, 
1870; Mississippi, Feb. 23, 1870; Texas, March 30, 
1870; Georgia, July 15, 1870. 

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FUND ACTS. 

July 2, 1862 ; gives each State 30,000 acres of public lands 
for each of its Senators and Representatives, the pro- 
ceeds of sale to be a perpetual fund ; generally called 
the "Land-Grant Fund." 



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March 2, 1887 ; gives each State $15,000 a year for support 
of experiment stations in connection with the Agricul- 
tural Colleges; generally called the "Hatch Fund." 

Aug. 30, 1890, gives each State (what is now) $25,000 
a year for the support of the Agricultural Colleges; 
generally called the "Morrill Fund." 



AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES ESTABLISHED. 

Alabama. — State Agricultural and Mechanical College, 
Auburn, 1872 ; State Normal and Industrial School, 
^ Normal, 1882. 

Arizona. — University of Arizona, Tucson, 1891. 

Arlcaiisas. — Arkansas Industrial Universitv, Fayetteville, 
1872; Branch Normal College, Pine Bluffs/l875. 

California. — University of California, Berkeley, 1868. 

Colorado. — The State Agricultural College of Colorado, 
Fort Collins, 1878. 

Connecticut. — Connecticut Agricultural College, Storrs, 
1881. 

Delaware. — Delaware College, Newark, 1870 ; State Col- 
lege for Colored Students, Dover, 1892. 

Florida. — Florida Agricultural College, Lake City, 1884; 
Florida State Normal and Industrial College, Talla- 
hassee, 1890. 

Georgia. — Georgia State College of Agriculture and Me- 
chanic Arts, Athens, 1872; Georgia State Industrial 
College, College, 1890. 

Idaho. — University of Idaho, Moscow, 1892. 

Illinois. — University of Illinois, Urbana, 1868. 

Indiana. — Purdue University, Lafayette, 1874. 

Iowa. — Iowa State Colle<?e of Agriculture and the Me- 
chanic Arts, Ames, 1869. 

Kansas. — Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, 
1874. 

KentucTcy. — Agricultural and Mechanical College of Ken- 
tucky, Lexington. 1880; State Normal School for 
Colored Persons, Frankfort, 1892. 

Louisiana. — Louisiana State University and Agricultural 
and Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, 1887 ; Southera 



AGRtCULTURAL COLLEGES ESTABLISHED. 5 

University and Agricultural and Mechanical College^ 
New Orleans, 1S90. 

Maine. — The University oi" Maine, Orono, 1868. 

Mar-yland. — Maryland Agricultural College, College Park, 
1859. 

Massachusetts. — Massachusetts Agricultural College, Am- 
herst, 18G7; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
Boston, 1865. 

Michigan. — Michigan State Agricultural College, Agri- 
cultural College, 1855. 

Minnesota. — The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 
1869. 

Mississippi. — Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical 
College, Agricultural College, 1880; Alcorn Agricul- 
tural and Mechanical College, Westside, 1878. 

Missouri: — College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of 
the University of Missouri, Columbia, 1870; School 
of Mines and Metallurgy of the Univexsity of Mis- 
souri, Kolla, 1866. 

Montana.— The Montana College of Agriculture and Me- 
chanic Arts, Bozeman, 1893. 

Nebraska. — The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1869. 

Nevada. — Nevada State University, Reno, 1888. 

New Hampshire. — The New Hampshire College of Agri- 
cultural and Mechanic Arts, Durban, 1866. 

New Jersey. — Kutgers Scientific School, New Brunswick, 
1865. 

New Mexico. — The New Mexico College of Agriculture and 
Mechanic At% Mesilla, 1890. 

New York. — Cornell University, Ithaca, 1865. 

North Carolina. — The North Carolina College of Agricul- 
ture and Mechanic Arts, West Ealeigh, 1889; The 
Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored 
Race, Greensborough, 1891. 

North Dakota. — North Dakota Agricultural College, Agri- 
cultural College, 1890. 

Ohio. — Ohio State University, Columbus, 1873. 

Oklahoma. — Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Col- 
lege, Stillwater, 1892; Agricultural and Normal Uni- 
versity, Langston, 1899. 



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Oregon. — Oregon State x^gricultiiral College, Corvallis, 
1888. 

Pennsylvania. — Pennsylvania State College, State College, 
1859. 

Rhode Island. — Rhode Island College of x\gricultnre and 
Mechanic Arts, Kingston, 1890. 

South Carolina. — Clemson Agricultural College, Clemson 
College, 1893; The Colored Normal Industrial and 
Mechanical College of South Carolina, Orangeburg, 
1896. 

South Dahota. — South Dakota Agricultural College, 
Brookings, 1884. 

Tennessee. — University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1869. 

Texas. — State Agricultural and Mechanical College of 
Texas, College Station, 1871 ; Prairie View State Nor- 
mal School, Prairieview. 

Utah.— The Agricultural College of Utah, Logan, 1889. 

Vermont. — Universitv of Vermont and State Agricultural 
College, Burlington, 1885. 

Virginia. — Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 
1872; The Hampton Normal and x\gricultural Insti- 
tute, Hampton, 1890. 

Washington. — Washington Agricultural College and School 
of Science, Pullman, 1892. 

West Virginia. — West Virginia Universitv, Morgantown, 
1867; The West Virginia Colored Institute, 1892. 

Viisconsin. — University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1866. 

Wyoming. — University of Wyoming, Laramie, 1891. 

BATTLES ON LAND. 

Chronological arrangement except that the battles of the 
"Civil War Period" have an alphabetical arrangement for 
each year. Battles in whicli one of the hostile parties was 
on land and the other on water are included under this 
title, but, in such case, the fact is indicated. The follow- 
ing periods are given: "Colonial Period," "Eevohitionarv 
Period," "War of 1812 Period," "Mexican War Period," 
"Civil War Period," and "Spanish War Period.'' Some of 
these periods include conflicts which were not a part of the 
general war then existing; they are readily distinguished. 



BATTLES Oy LAND. 7 

For the "Colonial Period"' a battle can generally be ai- 
signed to the war of which, if any, it was a part by compar- 
ing the entry thereof with the names and dates of the 
''Colonial Wars" under the title ''Wars." A conflict oc- 
curring since the beginning of the Revolutionar}' War, and 
not a part of that war, or of the '"War of 1812,"' the ^tlexi- 
can War, the Civil War, or the Spanish War, can generally 
be assigned to the war of which, if any, it was a part, by 
comparing the entry thereof with the names and dates qL 
the "Federal Wars" under the title "Wars." 

COLO^'IAL PEEIOD. 

1540, Oct. 18, De Soto fights Mobile Indians. 

1541, Feb. 14, Mississippi Indians attack Spaniards. 
1609, July 30, Xew York. Samuel de Champlain defeats 

Indian attack near Ticonderoga. 

1613, Maine. Argall bums Mount Desert. 

1615, Oct. 10-16, Xew York, Champlain repulsed by Iro- 
quois, at Onondaga Lake. 

1622, March 22, Virginia. Indians destroy settlements. 

1623, Massachusetts, Miles Standish defeats Indians at 
Weymouth. 

1636. vSept.. Massachusetts, Endicott ravages Pequot Terri- 
tory. 

163 T, April. Connecticut. Wethersfield attacked by Pe- 
quots: May 26. Connecticut, Captain John Mason de- 
feats Pequots; July 13, Connecticut, fight with Pe- 
quots near Fairfield. 

1641. June, Xew York. Earitan Indians destroy De Yries's 
Colony on Staten Island. 

1643, Xew York, Throgmorton's settlement destroyed by 
Indians : Indians repulsed at Gravesend. Long Island.' 

1644, Feb., Xew York. Capt. John Underhill subdues Dela- 
ware Indians: March 12. Capt. Underbill kills 600 
Indians at Stamford, and destroys Indian village: 
April 18, Virginia. Indians kill 300 colonists. 

1655. March 25, Mar}4and. battle between Puritans and 
Marylanders : Virginia. Indian battle at Bloody Run. 

1663. June T. Xew York, Indians attack settlers at Esopus. 
(Kingston). 



8 TEE AMERICAN BATE BOOK. 

1G:3, Feb. 21, Massachusetts, Medfield surprised by In- 
dians. 

1675, June 24, Massachusetts, Indians attack Swanzey; 
June 28, Plymouth colonists attack King Philip; 
July 14, Mondon attacked by Indians; Aug. 25, In- 
dians attack Brookfield ; Aug. 25, Doerfield, attack 
by Indians; Sept. 1, Indians attack Hadley ; Sept. 4, 
Captain Beers and party ambushed near iSTorthfield ; 
Sept. 18, Indian Battle at Bloody Brook; Oct. 5, 
Springfield attacked by Indians; Oct. 19, Hatfield at- 
tacked by Indians; Dec. 10, Indian "Swamp fight;" 
Dec. 19, Rhode Island, capture of Indian fort at 
South Kingston ; Virginia, whites attack Indian fort 
near present site of Washington. 

1676, Feb. 5. Massachusetts, Indians attack Lancaster; 
Feb. 21, Indians burn Medfield; Feb. 24, Indians sur- 
prise Deerfield; Feb. 25, Indians attack Weymouth; 
March 3, 9, 13, Indians attack Groton ; Marcli 14, In- 
dians attack Northampton; March 17. Indians attack 
Warwick and Providence ; March 26. Marlborough de- 
stroyed by Indians ; March 2Q, Capt. Pierce routed by 
Indians; March 28, Indians partly burn Rehoboth; 
March 28, Indians burn Seekonk ; April 18, Indians 
attack Sudbury; ]\Iay 8, Bridgowater attacked by In- 
dians; May 11, Indians attack Plymouth; May 19, In- 
dian fight at Turner's Falls; May 20, Indians attack 
Scituate ; May 30, Hatfield attacked by Indians ; June 
2, great battle with Indians near Mount Hope; June 
12, Indians repulsed at Hadley; July 13, Rhode Is- 
land, Indian battle near Xarragans^tt : Sept. 6, Maine, 
Indians subdued at Cocheco; Dutch frigate captures 
Castine. 

1677, Sept. 9, Massachusetts. Hatfield attacked by Indians. 

1689, Jan. 27, New Hampshire, Indians surprise Dover. 

1690, Feb. 8-9, New York, Indians capture Schenectady; 
Mav, Maine, French and Indians attack Fort LoyaL 

1691, June 9, Maine, Indian battle at Wells. 

1692, Feb. 5, Maine, French and Indians assault York; 
June 10, French and Indians attack Wells. 

1693, Feb., New York, Major Schuyler liberates captive 
Mohawks from French, 



BATTLES ON LAND. 9 

1694, July 17, New Hampshire, French and Indians ravage 
Durham; Indians attack village en Oyster River. 

1696, July 15, Maine, French and Indians cajDLure fort 
at Pemaquid. 

1697, March 15, Massachusetts, Indians attack Haverhill. 

1703, Jan. 15, Florida, Carolina troops battle with Span- 
iards near Tallahassee; Aug. 10, Maine, Indians at- 
tack Wells, Cape Porpoise, Saco, Scarborough, Casco, 
Spurwink and Purpooduck. 

1704, Feb. 24, Massachusetts, French and Indians burn 
Deerfieid. 

1705, Dec. 14, Florida, Moore defeats Indians near St. 
Marks; Dec. 15, Moore defeats Spanish on Apalachoo 
Bay. 

1706, April, New Hampshire, Indians attack Durham, re- 
pulsed by a few women. 

1708, Aug. 30, New Hampshire, French and Indians sur- 
prise Haverhill. 

1712, Jan. 28, North Carolina, Barnwell attacked by Tus- 
caroras ; Jan. 28, South Carolina, Indian battle on the 
Nuese; May, Michigan, Detroit attacked by Fox In- 
dians. 

1713, March 20, North Carolina, Moore defeats Tus- 
caroras. 

1716, Oct. 12, Wisconsin, battle of Buttes des Morts, 
French against Indians. 

1722, June, July, Maine, Indians attack fort at St. 
George's River. 

1723, March 9, Maine, whites burn Abnaki village. 

1724, Aug. 23, Maine, whites burn Norridgcwock, an 
Abnaki village. 

1725, May 8, Maine, Indian battle at Pegwacket. 

1729, Nov. 29, Mississi})pi, Indians attack Natchez. 

1730, Feb. 8, Louisiana, whites capture Natchezan Indians. 

1731, Louisiana, Natchez Indians defeated by French. 

1735, April, Alabama, Chickasaws fight French. 

1736, May 29, Mississippi, Chickasaws defeat French. 

1740, Jan. 4, Louisiana, Oglethorpe takes Ft. St. Diego; 
June 26, Fort Moosa captured by Spanish. 

1741, Cuba, English colonies participate in attack upon. 
1742^ June 21, Louisiana, Spanish repulsed at Fort Wil- 



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liam, on Cumberland Island; July 7, battle of "Bloody 
Marsh;" July 18, vSpaniards attack Fort William. 
171:5, June 17, Nova Scotia, Louisburg taken; Aug. 23, 
Maine, Indians attack St. George and Damariscotta; 
Nov. 28, New York, French and Indians destroy 
Saratoga. 

1746, Aug. 20, Massachusetts, French and Indians take 
Fort Massachusetts; April 20, New Hampshire, In- 
dians ravage Keene, Charlestown and Rochester. 

1747, Jan. 31, Nova Scotia, battle of Minas. 

1748, June 26, Vermont, fight with Indians at Marl- 
borough. 

1752, Ohio, French destroy Pickawillany. 

1754, April 17, Pennsylvania, French capture Virginians 
and erect Ft. Du Quesne; May 28, Washington de- 
feats French. 

1755, July 9, Pennsylvania, battle of Monongahela ; Sept. 
8, New York, battle of Lake George. 

1756, Sept. 7, Pennsylvania, Indian village at Kittanning 
burned; Sept. 8, Col. John Armstrong fights Indians. 

1757, Aug. 3, New York, Montcalm besieges Fort William 
Henry, which surrenders. 

1758, March, New York, Rogers defeated on Lake Cham- 
plain; April 30, German Flats attacked by Indians; 
July 6, French ambuscade British near Fort Ticon- 
deroga; July 8, Gen. Abercrombie repulsed at Fort 
Ticonderoga; July 20, Nova Scotia, capture of Louis- 
burg; Aug. 27, Canada, British take Fort Frontenac ; 
Sept. 15, Pennsylvania. French defeated at Fort Du 
Quesne. 

1759, July 25, Canada, British capture Fort Niagara; July 
31, Wolfe checked by French; Sept. 13, first battle 
on Plains of Abraham ; Sept. 18, Quebec surrenders to 
the English; Sept. 26, Tennessee, Montgomery at- 
tacks Cherokees. 

1760, March 3, South Carolina. Cherokees attack Forty 
Ninety-six; April 28, Canada, French defeat English 
on Plains of Abraham. 

1761, June 10, Tennessee, Cherokees defeat British. 

1762, July 30, Cuba, Morro Cast^ Havana, taken by 
storm^ 



BATTLES ON LAND, 11 

1763, May 9, Michigan, fort at Detroit besieged by Indians 
under Pontiac; May IG, Ohio, Wyandots take Fort 
Sandusky; May 'Zb, Michigan, Pontiac captures Fort 
St. Joseph ; May 29, Chippeways take Fort Mackinaw ; 
July 7, Pennsylvania, ''Braddock"s Defeat;'' Sept. 8, 
New York, Col. Williams surprised and driven back 
by French and Indians; July 31, Michigan, whites 
ambushed at Bloody Bridge by Indians; Aug. 5, 
Pennsylvania, Indian battle at Bushy Kun ; Sept. 3, 
Michigan, Detroit besieged by Pontiac. 

1774, April 27, Virginia, battle with Indians near mouth 
of Captina Creek; Oct. 10, Indian battle of Point 
Pleasant; Dec. 13, New Hampshire, John Sullivan 
captures fort at Portsmouth. 

COLOXIAL PERIOD ENDS AND 
REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD BEGINS. 

1775, April 19, Massachusetts, Lexington; April 19, Con- 
cord (British retreat to Boston) ; May 10, New York, 
Ticonderoga; May 12, Crown Point; May 27, Massa- 
chusetts, Boston, Putnam defeats British raiders on 
Hog Island; June 17, Bunker Hill; Aug. 30, Con- 
necticut, Stonington attacked by British; Sept. 25, 
Canada, Col. Ethan Allen with 83 men attempts to 
take Montreal ; all made prisoners ; Oct. 7, Rhode Is- 
land, British vessels fire upon Bristol ; Oct. 18, Maine, 
Falmouth (Portland) burned by British; Nov. 2, 
New Brunswick, garrison at St. John surrenders to 
Americans; Nov. 13, Canada, Montreal taken by 
Montgomery; Dec. 9, Virginia, Norfolk, Cedar 
Bridge ; Dec. 31, Canada, Queliec. 

1776, Feb. 27, Moore's Creek Bridge; March 2, Massa- 
chusetts, Americans bombard British in Boston; 
March 2, Morris Creek; May 19, Canada, Benedict 
Arnold and 900 Americans capture British post at 
the "Cedars;" June 15, British retake Montreal ; June 
21, Tennessee, Cherokee attack on fort at Watauga 
repulsed; June 28, South Carolina, Charleston, Fort 
Sullivan; July 5, Connecticut, New Haven pillaged 
by Britis^i ; July 20, Tennessee, battle between whites 



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and blacks at Long Island Fort; Aug. 27, New York, 
Long Island; Sept. 16, Harlem Heights; Oct. 28, 
White Plains; Nov. 16, Fort Washington taken by 
British; Dec. 26, New Jersey, Trenton. 

1777, Jan. 3, New Jersey, Princeton ; Feb. 18, Col. Neil- 
son with party of Americans defeats British under 
Major Stockton; April 13, Bound Brook; April 15, 
Kentucky, Indians attack Boonesboro; May 24, New 
York, Sag Harbor, Long Island; July 4, Kentucky, 
Boonesboro attacked by Indians; July 5, New York, 
Ticonderoga ; July 7, Vermont, Hubbardton ; July 19, 
Kentucky, Indians besiege Logan's Fort; Aug. 3-23, 
New York, British force attack Fort Stanwix; Aug. 
6, Oriskany or Fort Schuyler; Aug. 16, Vermont, 
Bennington; Sept. 1, West Virginia, attack on Fort 
William Henry (Wheeling) ; Sept. 11, Pennsylvania, 
Brandywine; Sept. 18, New York, Americans seize 
British posts at Lake George and at Ticonderoga; 
Sept. 19, Stillwater; Sept. 20, Pennsylvania, Paoli 
(massacre of Americans) ; Sept. 24, Diamond Island; 
Oct. 4, Pennsylvania, Germantown ; Oct. 6, Forts Clin- 
ton and Montgomery taken by British; Oct. 7, New 
York, Saratoga; Oct. 13, British burn Kingston; Oct. 
17, Saratoga (Burgoyne's surrender) ; Oct. 22, New 
Jersey, Fort Mercer; Nov. 16, Pennsylvania, Fort 
Mifflin. 

1778, May 20, Pennsylvania, British surprise Lafayette at 
Barren Hill; June 28, New Jersey, Monmouth; July 
2, New York, Schoharie (Indian massacre) ; July 4, 
Pennsylvania, Wyoming; Aug. 8, Kentucky, Daniel 
Boone defends fort against Indians ; Aug. 29, Ehode 
Island, Quaker Hill; Nov. 11, New York, Cherry Val- 
ley; Dec. 29, Georgia, Savannah; New York, Indian 
Chief Brant raids Mohawk Valley. 

1779, Jan. 9, Georgia, Sunbury ; Jan.'29, 2,000 British take 
Augusta ; Feb. 3, South Carolina, Port Royal ; Feb. 14, 
Georgia, Kettle Creek; Feb. 25, Indiana, Col. Clark 
reoccupies Vincennes; July 21, Virginia, Bull's Ferry; 
March 3, Georgia, Brier's Creek; April 18-24, New 
York, Gen. Van Shaick destroys Onondaga; May 14, 
yirginia, Portsmouth and Norfolk taken by B,i;itish ^ 



BATTLES ON LAND. 13 

May 14, British burn Navy Yard at Gosport ; June 20, 
South Carolina, Stono Ferry; July 5, Connecticut, 
Gov. Tryon of New York takes New Haven; July 7, 
Fairfield burned by British; July 11, British, under 
Tryon, burn Norwalk; July 15, New York, Stony 
Point ; July 25, Maine, Penobscot ; Aug. 19, New Jer- 
sey, Paulus Hook; Aug. 29, New York, Chemung; 
Oct. 9, Georgia, Savannah. 

1780, Feb. 2, North Carolina, Cowan's Ford; Feb. 11, 
South Carolina, British attack Charleston ; March 14, 
Alabama, De Ualvez captures Mobile; April 14, South 
Carolina, Monk's Corner; May 12, Charleston; May, 
British take Ninety-Six ; May 29, Waxhaw, June 23, 
New Jersey, Springfield; June 30, South Carolina, 
Rocky Mount; July 30, Rocky Mountain; Aug. 6, 
Hanging Rock; Aug. 16, Camden, Saunder's Creek; 
Aug. 18, Fishing Creek; Oct. 1, King's Mountain; 
Oct. 16, Vermont, Royalton attacked by Indians; Oct., 
New York, Americans raid Staten Island ; Nov. 12, 
South Carolina, Broad River; Nov. 18, North Caro- 
lina, Fish Dam Ford ; Nov. 20, South Carolina, Black- 
stocks ; Tenn., Indian battle at Boyd's Creek. 

1781, Jan. 17, South Carolina, Cowpens; Feb. 25, Battle 
of the Haw; March 6, North Carolina, Reedy Fort 
Creek; March 15, Guilford C. H. ; April 2, Ten- 
nessee, Indian battle of the Bluifs; April 23, South 
Carolina, Col. Lee takes Fort Watson from British; 
April 25, Hobkirk's Hill ; April 25, Virginia, British 
take Petersburg ; June 18, South Carolina, Fort 96 ; 
July 6, Virginia, Lafayette orders attack on Corn- 
waliis. Gen. Wayne makes assault and retires ; July 9, 
Jamestown (Americans retreat) ; Sept. 6, Connecticut, 
Fort Griswold; Sept. 8, South Carolina, Eutaw 
Springs ; Sept. 28, Virginia, siege of Yorktown begins ; 
Oct. 17, Yorktown; Oct. 19, Yorktown surrenders; 
Oct. 20, New York, Mohawk Valley invaded by In- 
dians; Indiana, Spaniards capture Fort St. Joseph. 

J 782, May 21, Georgia, British routed by Wayne, near 
Savannah; June 5-6, Ohio, whites defeated by In- 
dians at Sandusky; Aug. 1,9, Indian battle of Blue. 



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Licks; Aug. 27, South Carolina, last battle of the 
Kevolution fought near Charleston. 

REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD ENDS. 

1782, Xov. 30, Revolutionary Period ends with the treaty 

with Great Britain preliminary to peace. 
1787, Dec, Louisiana, Creeks defeated at Jack's Creek. 

1790, Oct. 22, Ohio, Avhites defeated by Indians near Miami 
Village. 

1791, June 1, Ohio, Kickapoo Indians surprised on the 
Wabash; Nov. 4, Gen. St. Clair defeated by Indians 
near Miami Village. 

1792, Sept. 30, Tennessee, Indians repulsed at Buchanan's 
Station. 

1794, Aug. 20, Ohio, Gen. Wayne defeats Miami Indians at 
Maumee Eapids. 

1803, Oct. 31, Tripoli bombarded by American ship. 

1804, July, Tripoli, Com. Preble blockades port and begins 
siege which lasts till spring. 

1805, April 27, Tripoli, Eaton's expedition captures 
Tripoli. 

1811, Nov. 7, Indiana, battle of Tippecanoe. 

"war OF 1812 period" begins. 

1812, June 18, "War of 1812 Period" begins ; July 12, Gen. 
Hull crosses Detroit River to capture Fort Maiden, but 
fails; July 17, ^lichigan, American post at Mackinaw 
surrendered to British ; Aug. 5, Michigan, Americans 
defeated by British and Indians at Brownstown ; Aug. 
9, Maguaga; Aug. IG, General Hull surrenders De- 
troit to British; Sept. 4-5, Indiana, Indians attack 
Fort Harrison ; Sept. 5-8, ^Missouri, near St. Louis ; 
Fort Madison; Sept. 11, Davis's Creek; Sept. 21, 
North Carolina. Gananoque Village: Oct. 4, New 
York, British attack in boats, on Ogdensburg repulsed; 
Oct. 5, Georgia, battle with Lotchaway and Alligator 
Indians; Oct. 13, Canada, Americans capture British 
batteries at Queen stown ; British retake; Americans 
surrender to British; Oct. 18, Pimartaiu's Town ; Oct, 



BATTLES ON LAND. 15 

23, New York, St. Eegis; Nov. 21, Fort Niagara; 
Nov. 21-22, Ponce Passu Creek; Nov. 28, Upper 
Canada, Black Eock. 

1813, Jan. 18, Upper Canada, Frenchtown taken by Amer- 
icans ; Jan. 22, British retake Frenchtown ; Feb. 7, 
Canada, Elizabeth, Americans defeat English; Feb. 
22, New^ York, Ogdensburg taken by British; March 
26, American batteries at Black liock silence lower 
British battery; April 6, Delaware, Lewiston bom- 
barded by British frigate Belvidere; April 13, Ala- 
bama, Spanish garrison (Mobile) surrenders to United 
States; April 27, Canada, Americans capture York; 
April 29, British burn storehouses at Frenchtown; 
also two ships; plunder private houses; May 1-5, 
•Ohio, Gen. W. H. Harrison besieged at Fort Meigs, 
by British and Indians ; May 3, Maryland, Havre de 
Orace burned by British; May 5-6, New York, Fort 
Oswego; May 9, Ohio, Fort Meigs; May 27, Canada, 
Fort George taken by Americans; May 29, New York, 
British repulsed in attack on Sackett's Harbor ; June 
6, Canada, Americans repulse British at Burlington 
Heights; June 13, Virginia, Hampton (defense of) ; 
June 22, British naval attack on Craney Island, Vir- 
ginia ; June 23, Upper Canada, Beaver Dam; June 

24, Virginia, Hampton; July 8, Fort George; July 
11, New York, Black Pock; July 17, Canada, British 
and Indian attack on Fort George repulsed; July 21, 
Ohio, Gen. Proctor besieges Fort Meigs; July 27, 
Alabama, Creek Indian battle on Burnt Corn Creek; 
Aug. 2, Ohio, British repulsed at Fort Stephenson on 
Lower Sandusky River; Aug. 18, Texas, Americans at 
San x\ntonio ambushed by Spaniards ; Aug. 24, Upper 
Canada, Fort George; Aug. 30, Alabama, Creek In- 
dians capture Fort Mims; Oct. 4, Upper Canada, 
Chatham; Oct. 5, Canada, Harrison defeats British 
on Eiver Thames; Oct. 26, Lower Canada, Chateau- 
gay; Nov. 1-2, New York, French Creek; Nov. 3, 
Alabama, Americans defeat Indians at Tallushatches ; 
Nov. 9, Indian battle at Talladega; Nov. 11, Upper 
Canada, Chrystler's Field ; Nov. 11, Canada, Williams- 
burg; Nov. 12, Alabama, "Canoe fight" with Indians; 



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Nov. 29, Auttose Indian towns destroyed by Gen. 
Floyd; Dec. 19, Xew York, Fort Niagara; Dec. 20, 
Schlosser; Dec. 23, Alabama, Indians defeated at 
"Holy Ground"; Dec. 31, New York, Black Rock. 
1814, Jan. 22, 24, Alabama, Indian battles at Emuckfau 
and Enotocliopcs; Jan. 27, Indian battle at Calebee 
River; Jan. 27, Ohio, Camp Defiance; Feb. 21, New 
York, British burn Arsenal at Malone, and pillage 
the town ; March 4, Canada, British defeated at Long- 
wood; March 27, Alabama, Jackson defeats Creeks at 
Great Horse-Shoe Bend ; March 30, Canada, Amer- 
icans repulsed at La Colle ; April 7, Connecticut, Say- 
brook attacked by British; May 4-5, Fort Oswego 
captured by British ; May, Wisconsin, Prairie du Chien 
taken by Americans; May 30, New York, Sandy 
Creek ; June 28, Lower Canada, Odelltown ; July 3, 
Upper Canada, Fort Erie ; July 5, Canada, Chippewa, 
Americans defeat British; July 11, Maine, British 
fleet takes Eastport; July 16, New York, Pt. au Play; 
July 18, Champlain ; July 25, Canada, Lundy' s Lane ; 
Aug. 3, Black Rock; Aug. 3, New York, Scajacada; 
Aug. 4, Canada, British besiege Fort Erie; Aug. 4, 
Michigan, Fort Mackinac; Aug. 9, Connecticut, Brit- 
ish ships bombard Stonington; Aug. 15, Canada, 
British assault Fort Erie; Aug. 24, Maryland, 
Bladensburg; Aug. 24, District of Columbia, Wash- 
ington, D. C. ; Aug. 30, Maryland, Moor's Fields ; 
Aug. 30, Alabama, Creek Indians surprise Fort Mims ; 
Sept. 1-6, Virginia, White House ; Sept. 9, New York, 
Americans attack British near Plattsburg; Sept. 11, 
Americans under Macomb and Admiral McDonald de- 
feat British under Gen. Prevost and Admiral Downie, 
at Plattsburg; Sept. 12, Maryland, North Point; 
Sept. 13, British ships bombard Fort McHenry; Sept. 
15, Alabama, Fort Bowyer; Sept. 17, Upper Canada, 
Fort Erie; Oct. 5, Canada, Harrison defeats Proctor, 
on Thames River ; Oct. 15, Upper Canada, Chippewa ; 
Oct. 19, Lyon's Creek; Nov. 3, Alabama, Gen. Coffee 
surrenders to Indians at Tallushatches ; Nov. 7, 
Florida,. Pensacola ; Nov. 8, Alabama, Talladega; 
Nov. 11, Canada, Williamsburg: Nov. 11, Chrystler's 



BATTLES ON LAND. 17 

Field; Nov. 29, Alabama, Autosee; Dec. 19, New 
York, Fort Niagara; Dec. 23, Louisiana, Villeres 
Plantation; Dec. 23, Jackson attacks British camp 9 
miles below New Orleans ; Dec. 28, British attack on 
Jackson repulsed; Dec. 28, Chalmette's Plantation; 
Dec. 30, New York, British burn Black Rock. 
1815, Jan. 1, Louisiana, British attack on Gen. Jackson 
at Eodriquez's Canal; Jan. 8, "Battle of New Or- 
leans''; Jan. 9-18, Fort St. Phillip; Jan. 13, Point 
Petre. 

END OF "WA-R OF 1812" PERIOD. 

1815, Feb. 17, End of "War of 1812" Period. 

1817, Nov. 23, Georgia, Georgia troops defeated by Fowl- 
town Indians on Flint River. 

1818, April 7, Florida, Gen. Jackson captures St. Marks, 
a Spanish post; May 24, Jackson takes Pensacola; 
May 27, Jackson reduces Spanish fortress of the 
Barancas. 

1827, Aug. 2, Texas, battle of Nacogdoches between 
Texans and Mexicans. 

1832, Feb. 6, Crew of the United States frigate Potomac 
attacks Qualla Battoo in Sumatra; June 6, Illinois, 
Black Hawk attacks Apple River Fort; June 26, Black 
Hawk attacks Kellog's Grove; July 21, Wisconsin, 
Indian battle at Wisconsin Heights; Aug. 2, Black 
Hawk's band destroyed at mouth of Bad Axe River. 

1835, May 15, Georgia, Roanoke burned by Indians; Oct. 
28, Texas, battle of Concepcion; Dec. 10, Texans cap- 
ture 1,400 Mexicans at San x\ntonio de Bexar; Dec. 
31, Florida, Gen. Duncan L. Clinch defeats Seminoles 
on the Withlacoochee. 

1836, Jan. 18, Florida, battle at Dunlawton with Indians 
under King Philip ; Feb. 29, Gen. Gaines attacked by 
Seminoles; March 9, Texas, Mexicans defeat Texans 
at Missouri del Refugis; the same lost next day; 
April 21, battle of San Jacinto; Florida, battle with 
Indians at Micanopy, June 9 ; Welika Pond, July 9 ; 
Ridgely's Mills, July 27 ; Fort Drane, Aug. 21 ; San 
Velasco, Sept. 18; Nov. 17-21, Florida, battle of 
Wahoo. 



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1837, Feb. 8, Florida, Seminoles attack Camp Monroe; 
Feb. 9, Seminoles attack Fort Mellon; Dec. 25, Col. 
Taylor defeats Seminoles at Lake Macaco or Skeecho- 
bee. 

1838, Jan. 24, Florida, fight with Seminoles at Jupiter 
Inlet ; Dec, The Columbia bombards Qualla Battoo. 

1839, July 23, Florida, Indians attack Col. Harney's post; 
Oct., Gov. Call has fight at Wahoo Swamp with 
Indians ; Dec. 25, Col. Zachary Taylor defeats Indians 
near Big Water Lake. 

1840, April 2S, Florida, battle with Indians at Fort King, 
Waccahoota; Sept. 6, Everglades; Dec. 3-24, Mican- 
opy; Dec. 28, Fort Brooke. 

1841, March 2, Florida, Indian battle at Fort Brooke; Oct. 
17, Texas, Gen. Hugh McLoed's command captured 
by Mexicans near San Miguel. 

1842, Jan. 25, Florida, Indian battle at Hawe Creek; April 
19, at Pilakikaha; Dec. 26, Texas, battle at Mier on 
the Alcantra. 

MEXICAN WAR PERIOD BEGINS. 

1846, April 24, Mexican War Period begins; April 25, 
Texas, Fort Brown; April 26, Matamoras; May 3-9, 
Fort Brown ; May 8, Palo Alto ; May 9, Eesaca de la 
Palma; May 18, Mexico, Matamoras; June 15, Cali- 
fornia, Fremont captures Sonoma; July, California, 
Stockton takes Los Angeles; Aug. 18, New Mexico, 
Kearney captures Sante Fe; Aug. 19, Mexico, Mata- 
moras; Sept. 12, Fort Teneria ; Sept. 21-23, Monterey; 
Sept. 26, United States ships bombard Tabasco; Oct. 
25, Tabasco bombarded by United States vessels; 
Nov. 15, Saltillo captured ; Dec. 6, San Pasqual; Dec. 
7, San Bernardino ; Dec. 25, Brazito. 

1847, Jan. 8, Mexico, United States vessels bombard San 
Gabriel; Jan. 8, 9, California, Gen. Kearney defeats 
revolted Californians ; Jan. 9, Mexico, Plains of Mesa ; 
Jan. 22, Encarnacion ; Jan. 24, Canada; Jan. 24, 
Valley of Taos; Feb. 4, Pueblo de Taos; Feb. 23, 
Buena Vista: Feb. 28. California. Sacramento; Feb. 
28, Mexico, Chihuahua; March 22, Vera Cruz bom- 



BATTLES ON LAND. 19 

barded by United States vessels; March 24, Puente 
del Medie ; March 29, Vera Cruz surrenders ; Aptil 3, 
Alvarado; April 18, Tuspan taken by United Btateg 
vessels; Battle of Cerro Gordo; May 14, AniazoqueJ 
June 15, bombardment by United States ships neai* 
Tabasco; June 20, La Hoya; July 6, California, 
Monterey taken by United States vessels; July 12, 
Mexico, Culabosa Eiver; Aug. 1, Juan de los Llanos; 
Aug. 13, Mera, Flores; Aug. 16, Oka Laka; Aug. 20, 
Contreras, Churubusco and San Antonio; Sept. 8, 
Molino del Key; Sept. 12, 13, Chapultepec; Sept. 14, 
City of Mexico surrenders; Sept. 18-Oct. 12, Puebla; 
Oct. 9, Huamantha; Oct. 12, Atlixco; Oct. 20, the 
Congress bombards Guayamas; Nov. 2, Agua Frio; 
Nov. 23, Matamoras ; Nov. 24, Galaxara Pass. 

MEXICAN WAR PERIOD ENDS. 

1848, May 30, Mexican War Period ends. 

1854, July 13, United States sloop-of-war Cyane bombards 
San Juan, Nicaragua ; Aug. 4, Battle between Sioux 
and Chippewas; Sept. 3, Nebraska, Gen. Kearney de- 
feats Sioux. 

1855, Oct. 6, Washington, Indians attack white troops near 
Fort Dallas; Oct. 8, Oregon, J. A. Luptons Co., at- 
tack Indian camp at mouth of Butte Creek; Oct. 17, 
Indian battle at Rogue River; Oct. 30, Indian battle 
of Bloody Springs or Grave Creek Hills. 

1856, Jan. 26, Washington, Indians attack Seattle; March 
8, Indians defeated at White River. 

1858, June, Amexican vessel in Paraguay River fired upon 

by garrison. 
1860, May 12, Nevada, Indian battle at Pyramid Lake; 

June's, Indian battle at Fort Storey. 



20 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

CIVIL WAR PERIOD BEGINS. 

Arranged alphabetically under each year. 
1861. 

Alimosa, N. Hex., Oct. 4; Anandale, Va., Dec. 4; Athens, 
Mo., Aug. 5. 

Bagdad, Ky., Dec. 12; Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct. 21; Ball's 
Cross Roads, Va., Aug. 27 ; Baltimore Streets, Md., 
April 19; Barboursville, W. Va., July 12, Sept. 18; 
Bayle's Cross Roads, La., Oct. 12 ; Beckwith's Farm, 
Mo., Oct. 13 ; Behers Mills, Va., Sept. 2 ; Belmont, 
Mo., Nov. 7 ; Bennett's Mills, Mo., Sept. 1 ; Bertrand, 
Mo., Dec. 11; Beverly, W. Va., July 12; Big Hurri- 
cane Creek, Mo., Oct. 19 ; Big River Bridge, Mo., 
Oct. 15; Blackburn's Ford, Va., July 18; Black River, 
Mo., Sept. 12; Black Walnut Creek, Mo., Nov. 29; 
Blue Mills, Mo., July 24, Sept. 17; Bolivar Heights, 
Va., Oct. 16; Boone' Court House, W. Va., Sept. 1; 
Booneville, Mo., June 17, Sept. 13 ; Brunswick, Mo., 
Aug. 17; Buffalo Hill, Ky., Oct. 4; Buffalo Mills, Mo., 
Oct. 22 ; Bull Run, Va., July 21 ; Bunker Hill, Va., 
July 17; Bushy Creek, Ark., Dec. 9. 

Cameron, Mo., Oct. 12 ; Camp Alleghany, W. Va., Dec. 13 ; 
Camp Cole, Mo., June 18; Camp Crittenden, Mo., 
Sept. 22 ; Camp Jackson, Mo., May 10 ; Carnifex 
Ferry, W. Va., Sept. 10; Carrick's Ford, W. Va., July 
14; Carthage, Mo., July 5; Chapmansville, W. Va., 
Sept. 25 ; Charleston, Mo., Aug. 19 ; Cheat Mountain, 
W. Va., Sept. 12-13; Chicamicomico, N. C, Oct. 5; 
Cross Lanes, W. Va., Aug. 26; Cypress Bridge, Ky., 
Nov. 17. 

Dallas, Mo., Sept. 2; Dam No. 4, Potomac, Va., Dec. 11; 
Drainsville, Va., Nov. 26, Dec. 20; Dry Wood, Mo., 
Sept. 2 ; Dug Springs, Mo., Aug. 2 ; Dunksburg, Mo., 
Dec. 4. 

Edwards Ferry, Va., June 17; Elk Water, W. Va., Sept. 
11; Etna, Mo., July 22. 

Fairfax Court House, Va., June 1 : Falling Waters, Md., 
July 2; Forsyth, Mo., July 22; Fort Fillmore, N. 



BATTLES Oir LAND. 21 

Mex., July 27; Fort Hatteras, N. C, Aug. 28-29, 
United States Xaval force participates; Fort Pickens, 
Fla., Nov. 23; Fort Sumpter, S. C, April 12, 13; 
Fredericktown, Mo., Oct. 17; Fulton, Mo., July 17. 

Gauley Bridge, W. Va., Nov. 10 ; Grafton, W. Va., Aug. 
13; Great Bethel, Va., June 10; Great Falls, Va., 
July 7 ; Greenbrier, W. Va., Oct. 3 ; Guyandotte, W. 
Va., Nov. 10. 

Hampton, Va., Aug. 7; Harpers Ferry, Va., April 18; 
Harrisonville, Mo., July 18, Julv 26; Hawk's Nest, 
W. Va., Aug. 20 ; Hillsboro, Ky., Oct. 8 ; Hilton Head, 
S. C, with Forts Walker and Beauregard captured by 
United States vessels, Nov. 7; Hodgeville, Ky., Oct. 
23; Hudson, Mo., Dec. 21; Hunter's Mill, Va., Nov. 
26. 

Independence, Mo., June 17, Nov. 26; Ironton, Mo., Oct. 
21. 

Johnstown, Mo., Nov. 24; Jonesboro, Mo., Aug. 21. 

Lancaster, Mo., Nov. 24; Lane's Prairie, Mo., July 26; 
Laurel Hill, W. Va., July 8 ; Lewinsville, Va., Sept. 
11 ; Lexington, Mo., Aug. 29, Sept. 12-20 ; Linn Creek, 
Mo., Oct. 15; Little Blue, Mo., Nov. 11; Little Santa 
Fe, Mo., Nov. 6; Lookout Station, Mo., Aug. 20; 
Lovettsville, Va., Aug. 8 ; Lucas Bend, Ky., Sept. 26. 

Martinsburg, Mo., July 17; Mathias Point, Va., June 
27, United States naval crews; Mesilla, N. Mex., Aug. 
3 ; Middle Creek Fork, W. Va., July 6 ; Milford, Mo., 
Dec. 18; Millsville, Mo., July 16; Monroe Station, 
Mo., July 10 ; Morristown, Mo., Sept. 17; Morristown, 
Tenn., Dec. 1 ; Mount Zion, Mo., Dec. 28 ; Munson's 
Hill, Va., Aug. 31 ; Sept. 29. 

Neiv Creek, W. Va., June 17; New Market Bridge, Va., 
Dec. 22 ; Newport News, Va., July 5. 

OccoQUAN Creek, Va., Nov. 12. 

Palmyra, Mo., Nov. 18; Popinsville, Mo., Sept. 21-22; 
Parkersville, Mo., Julv 19 ; Patterson Creek, Va., June 
26; Petersburg, W. Va., Sept. 7; Phillippi, W. Va., 
June 3; Piketown, Ky., Nov. 9; Plattsburg, Mo., Oct. 
27 ; Point of Rocks, Md., Aug. 5 ; Port Royal, S. C, 
Nov. 7, United States vessels bombard; Potosi, Mo., 
Aug. 10; Pritchard's Mills, Va., Sept. 15. 



%^ THE AMEBIC AN LATE BOOK. 

Renick, Mo., Nov. 1; Rich Mountain, W. Va., July 11; 
Romney, W. Va., June 11, Sept. 23, Oct. 26; Row- 
lett's Station, Ky., Dec. 17. 

Sacramento, Ky., Dec. 28; Salem, Mo., Dec. 3; Santa 
Rosa, Fla., Oct. 9 ; Saratoga, Ky., Oct. 26 ; Scarytown, 
W. Va., July 17; Shanghai, Mo., Sept. 27; Sheibina, 
Mo., Sept. 4; Springfield, Mo., Oct. 25; Spring Hill, 
Mo., Oct. 27 ; St. Louis Streets, Mo., May 10. 

Taylor's Ford, Tenn., Nov. 10. 

Upton Hill, Ky., Oct. 12. 

Vienna, Va., June 17, Dec. 3. 

Wadesburg, Mo., Dec. 2-1; Warsaw, Mo., Oct. 16; Wayne 
Court House, W. Va., Aug. 27 ; West Glaze, Mo., Oct. 
13; West Liberty, Ky., Oct. 23; Wild Cat, Ky., Oct. 
21 ; Wilson's Creek, Mo., Aug. 10 ; Wirt Court House,. 
W. Va., Nov. 19; Woodbury and Morgantown, Ky.,, 
Oct. 29 ; Worthington, Marion Co., W. Va., Sept. 2. 

1862. 

Aberdeen, Ark., July 9; Acquia Creek, batteries, 
Va., March 16, United States vessels bombard; Aldie^ 
Va., Oct. 9, 31; Antietam, Md., Sept. 17; Anxoois, 
River, Mo., Oct. 20; Apache Caiion, N. Mex., March 
26 to 28 ; Apache Pass, A. T., July 15 ; ArTcan^as, 
Confederate ram, attacked, Mississippi, United States 
vessels participate, July 15; Ashby's Gap, Va., Sept. 
22; Augusta, Ky., Sept. 27; Austin, Miss., Aug. 2. 

Bacon Creek, Ky., Dec. 2Q>, Baldwin, Miss., June 9, 
Oct. 2; Barbee's Cross Roads and Chester Gap, Va.,. 
Nov. 5 ; Bardstown, Ky., Oct. 4 ; Batesville, Ark., July 
14; Bath, Va., Jan. 4; Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 5;, 
Battle Creek, Tenn., June 21 ; Bayou Bernard, Chero- 
kee Nation, July 28 ; Bayou BoRtecair,. La.., Nov. 21 ; 
Bayou Cache, Ark., July 7 ; Bayou Teche, La., 'Km. 3 ; 
United States vessels participate; Bear Wallow, Kj^ 
Dec. 25 ; Beaver Creek, Texas Co., Mo., Nov. 24 ; Beech 
Creek, Va., Aug. 6 ; Bentonville, Ark., March 6 ; Big 
Beaver Creek, Mo., Nov. 7; Big Creek Gap, Tenn., 
Sept. 14; Big Hatchie River, Miss., Oct. 5; Big Hill, 
Ky., Aug. 23 : Big Indian Crock, Ark., May 27 ; Black- 
ford's Ford, Va., Sept. 20 ; Blackjack Forest, Tenn., 
March 16; Blackland, Miss., June 4; Blackwater, Va., 



BATTLES ON LAND. 23 

Sept. 28, Oct. 24; Black River, Mo., July 8; Bloom- 
field, Mo., May 11, x\ug. 25. Sept. 11-13; Bloomfield 
and Union, Va., Nov. 2, 3 ; Blooming Gap, Va., Feb. 
13; Blue Gap, Va., Jan. 7; Bollinger's Mills, Mo., 
July 29; Bolivar, Tenn., Aug. 30; Booneville, Miss., 
May 30, July 1; Boonsboro, Md., Sept. 15; Bott's 
Farm, Md., July 24; Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 1, 15 ; 
Brandy Station, Va., Aug. 20 ; Brentville, Tenn., Dec. 
9; Birch Coolie, JMinn., Sept. 2, 3, Indian battle; 
Bridgeport, Ala., April 29 ; Briton's Lane, Tenn., Sept. 
1 ; Brown Springs, Mo., July 27 ; Brownsville, Tenn., 
July 25, 29; Bucbannon, W. Va., July 26; Buckton 
Station, Va., Mav 23 ; Buffalo, W. Va., Sept. 27 ; Bull 
Run, Va., Aug. 30; Bull Run Bridge, Va., Aug. 27; 
Burkes' Station, Va., March 10; Butler, Mo., May 
15 ; Butler and Osage, Mo., Oct. 29. 
Cacapon Bridge, Va., Sept. 6 ; Cache River Bridge, Ark., 
May 28 ; Calhoun, Mo., Jan. 4 ; Cambridge, Mo., Sept. 
26 ; Camden, N. C, April 19 ; Camp Babcock, Ark., 
Nov. 25 ; Cane Hill, Boston Mountains and Boonsboro, 
Ark., Nov. 28 ; Cape Fear River, N. C, Oct. 11, United 
States vessel bombards; Carsville, Va., Oct. 15; Car- 
thage, Mo., March 23 ; Carthage, Ark., Nov. 27 ; Cass- 
ville. Mo., Sept. 21; CatMt's Station, Va., Aug. 23, 
Oct. 24; Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9; Chalk Bluffy 
Mo., Mav 15 ; Chantilly, Va., Sept. 1 ; Chariton Bridge, 
Mo., Aug. 3; Charleston, Va., Oct. 6, 16; Charleston, 
S. C, Sept. 8, United States boats attack; Charles- 
ton and Berrvville, Va., Dec. 1 ; Charleston, Mo., Jan. 
8; Charlestown, W. Va., Sept. 12; Charlestown and 
Harper's Ferry, Va., May 28; Cheese Cake Church, 
Va.. Mav 4; Chickahominy, Va., May 24; Chickasaw 
Bayou, Miss., Dec. 28-29; Clarendon, Ark., Aug. 13; 
Clark's Hollow, W. Va., May 1 ; Clarkson, Mo., Oct. 
28; Clarksville, Tenn., Aug. 19, Sept. 7; Clear Creek, 
Mo., Aug. 2 ; Clinton. La., Dec. 28; Clinton, Mo., July 
9; Clinton N. C, Mav 19; Caohoma County, Miss., 
Aug. 2 ; Coffeeville, Miss., Dec. 5 ; Coggins Point, Va., 
July 31; Cold Knob Mountains, Va., Nov. 26; Cold- 
water, ]^Iiss., July 24, Sept. 10; Cold Water River, 
Miss., Nov, 28 ; Cokmbia, Tenn., Sept. 9 ; Columbus, 



24 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Mo., Jan. 9, July 23; Coon Creek, Mo., Aug. 24; 
Corinth Eoad Ecconnoissance, Miss., April 8 ; Corinth 
Siege, Miss., April 30; Corinth, Miss., Oct. 3, -1; 
Cotton Hill, W. Va., Sept. 11 ; Courtland, Tenn., Aug. 
2 ; Courtland Bridge, Ala.. July 35 ; Cove Creek, N. C, 
Nov. 18; Crab Orchard, Ky., Aug. 22; Crawford 
County, Mo., Nov. 25; Cross 'Hollows, Ark., Oct. 28; 
Cross Keys, Va., June 1 ; Crumps Landing, Tenn., 
April 4 ; Culpeper vicinity, Va., July 12 ; Cumberland 
Gap, June 18; Cumberland Iron Works, Tenn., Au^. 
26; Cumberland Mountain, Tenn., April 28; Cyn- 
thiana, Ky., July 17. 

Dallas, Mo., Aug. 24; Danville, Ky., Aug. 26; Davis 
Mills, Miss., Dec. 21 ; Decatur Vicinity, Tenn., July 
15 ; Des Allemands, La., Sept. 9 ; Diamond Grove, Mo., 
April 14; Dobbins Ferrv, Tenn., Dec. 9; Dripping 
Springs, Ark., Dec. 28 ; Dry Forks, W. Va., Jan. 8 , 
Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27; Durhamsville, Tenn., Sept. 
17. 

Edgefield Junction, Tenn., Aug. 20; Edisto Island, S. 
C, April 18, United States vessel crew participates ; 
Elizabeth City, N. C, Feb. 10, a capture by United 
States vessels ; Elizabethtown, Ky., Dec. 27 ; Elk 
Fork, Tenn., Dec. 28 ; Elkhorn Tavern, Ark., March 
8 ; Elkton Station, Ala., May 9. 

Fair Oaks, Va., June 1 ; Fair Play, Confederate steamer, 
captured near Millikens Bend, La., Aug. 18 ; Fal- 
mouth, Va., April 18; Farmington, Miss., May 3, 9; 
Fayetteville, Ark., July 15; Fayetteville, W. Va., 
Sept. 10 ; Fayetteville, and White Sulphur Springs, 
Va., Nov. 15; Flat Lick Fords, Kv., Feb. 14; Flor- 
ence, Ky., Sept. 17 ; Florida, Mo., May 22, July 23 ; 
Floyd's Fork, Ky., Oct. 1 ; Fort Abercrombie, Dakota, 
Sept. 3 to 6, Indian battle ; Fort Brown Eoad, Texas, 
Dec. 14; Fort Cobb, Ind. Ter., Oct. 21; Fort Craig, 
N. Mex., May 23 ; Fort Darling, Va., May 15, attack 
by United States vessels; Fort Donelson, Tenn., Feb. 
14, 15, 16, Aug. 25 ; Fort Fillmore, N. Mex., Aug. 7 ; 
Fort Henry, Tenn., Feb. 6 ; Fort Macon, N. C, April 
25, United States vessels participate; Fort McCook, 
Ala., Aug. 27 ; Fort Pillow, TeBn., April 14, United 



BATTLES ON LAND. 25 

States vessels bombard ; June 4, United States vessels 
bombard; Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 10, United States 
naval crew participates ; Fort Ridgely, Minn., Aug. 20 
and 22; Forts Jackson and St. Philip and New Or- 
leans, La., captured by Farragut, April 18-28; Fox 
Creek, Mo., March ?'; Franklin, Tenn., Dec. 12; 
Franklin, Va., Oct. 31, Dec. 2; Franklin reconnois- 
sance on Blackwater, Va., Oct. 2, United States ves- 
sels participate; Frederick, Mo., Sept. 12; Fredericks- 
burg, Va., Nov. 9, Dec. 13; Front Royal, Va., May 
23, 30. 

Gaines Mill, Va., June 27-28 ; Gainesville, Va., Aug. 29 ; 
Gallatin, Tenn., Aug. 12, 13, Oct. 1; Garrettsburg, 
Ky., Nov. 6 ; Geiger Lake, Ky., Sept. 3 ; Germantown, 
Tenn., June 25; Glasgow, Ky., Oct. 5, Dec. 24; Glen- 
dale, Miss., May 8 ; Gloucester, Va., Nov. 17 ; Gold- 
ing's Farm, Va., June 28; Goldsboro, N. C, Fosters 
Expedition, Dee. 12-18; action Dec. 17; Goose Creek 
and Leesburg Road, Va., Sept. 17 ; Grand Haze, Ark., 
July 4; Grand Prairie, Ark., July 6; Grand Prairie, 
Mo., Oct. 24; Grand River, Mo., Aug. 10-13; Grass 
Lick, W. Va., April 23; Great Bethel, Va., April 4; 
Green's Chapel, Ky., Dec. 25; Greenville, Mo., July 
26 ; Greenville, Road, Ky., Nov. 5 ; Greenville Road, 
N. C, May 31; Groveton, Va., Aug. 28; Guerilla 
Campaign in Missouri, July 20. 

Hamilton, N. C, July 9, United States vessels partici- 
pate; Hampton Roads, Va., March 9, United States 
and Confederate vessels participate; Hanover 
Court House, Va., May 27; Harrisonburg, Va., 
June 6 ; Harrisonville, Mo., Nov. 3 ; Harrods- 
burg, Ky., Oct. 10 ; Harpers Ferry, Va., Sept. 12-15 ; 
Hartsviile, Tenn., Dec. 7; Hartwood Church, Va., 
Nov. 28 ; Haxals, Va., Julv 3 ; Haymarket, Va., Oct. 
18; Hazel Bottom, Mo., Oct. 14; Hedgeville, Va., Oct. 
22; Helena, Ark., Aug. 11-14, Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Dec. 
5 ; Hickory Grove, Mo., Sept. 19 ; Holly River, W. Va.,. 
April 17; Holly Springs, Miss., Dec. 20; Horton's 
Mills, N. C, April 27; Howard County, Mo., Aug. 
28; Hudsonville, Miss., Nov. 8; Humonsville, Polk 
Qounty,. Mo., March 26; Hunnewel, Mo., Jan, 3; 



26 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Huntersville, Va., Jan. 4; Huntsville, Ala., April 11; 
Huntsville, Tenn., Nov. 11; Hutchinson or Cedar 
City, Minn., Sept. 3, 4, Indian battle; at Ridgely, 
Sept. 4. 

Independence, Mo., Feb. 18, March 22, Aug. 11; Is- 
land No. 10, Tenn., April 8, United States vessels 
participate ; Isle of Wight Court House, Va., Dec. 
22; luka, Miss., Sept. 19-20. 

Jacksboro, Tenn., March 10; Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 18; 
James Island, S. C, June 10, 13 ; Jasper, Sweden's 
Cove, Tenn., June 4; Jefferson, Tenn., Dec. 30; 
Jennie's Creek, Ky., Jan. 7 : Jonesboro, Ark.. Aug. 3. 

Kelley's Ford, Va., Aug. 21 ; Kentucky River, Ky., Nov. 
9 ; Kettle Run, Va., Aug. 27 ; Keytersville, Mo., Feb. 
26; Kinderhook, Tenn., Aug. 11; King George 
Court House, Va., Dec. 2 ; Kingston, N. C, Dec. 14 ; 
Kirksville, Mo., Aug. 6; Knob Noster, Mo., Jan. 22. 

La Grange, Ark., Sept. 6, Oct. 11; Lamar and Holly 
Springs. Miss., Nov. 12; Lamar, Mo., Nov. 5; Lang- 
uelle Ferry, Ark., Aug. 3 ; La Vergne, Tenn., Oct. 7 ; 
Lawrenceburg, Ky., Oct. 9, 15-19 ; Leatherwood, Ky., 
Nov. 6 ; Lebanon, Ky., July 12 ; Lebanon, Tenn., May 
5, Nov. 11, Dec. 6; Lebanon vicinity. Mo., March 
12; Lee's Mills, Va., April 16; Leetown, Ark., March 
7; Legare's Point, S. C, June 3; Lewisburg, Va., 
May 23 ; Lexington, Mo., March 12 ; Lexington, Ky., 
Oct. 17; Lexington, Tenn., Dec. 18; Liberty and 
Sibley's Landing, Mo., Oct. 6 ; Lick Creek, Recon- 
noissance, Miss., April 26 ; Licking, Mo., May 4; Little 
Bear Creek, Ala., Nov. 28, Dec. 12 ; Little Blue River, 
Mo., April 12; Little Red River, Ark., June 25; Lin- 
den, Va., May 15 ; Linn Creek, Va., Feb. 8 ; Lock- 
ridge Mills, Ky., May 5; Lotspeach Farm, Mo., July 
8 ; Lone Jack, Mo., Aug. 16 ; Lovettsville, Va.. Oct. 
21 ; Lower Agency, Minn., Sept. 8, Indian battle ; 
Luray, Va., June 30. 

Madisonville, Ky., Aug. 26. Oct. 5 : Malvern Hill, Va., 
July 1, Aug. 5; Manassas Gap, Va., Nov. 5; Manassas 
Junction, Va., Oct. 24; Manchester, Tenn., Aug. 29; 
Mariana, Ark., Nov. 7; Marshfield, Mo., Feb. 14, Oct. 
80; Martinsburg, Va., Sept. 6; Mason's Neck, Va., 



BATTLES ON LAND. 27 

Feb. 24; Mataphony, Va., Aug. 6; McDowell, Va., 
May 28; McMinnville, Tenn., Aug. 30; Mecbanics- 
ville, Va., June 2G ; Medon, Tenii., Aug. 31 ; Memphis, 
Mo., July 18; Mempbis, Tenn., June 6, United States 
vessels bombard; Merriweatber's Ferry, Tenn., Aug. 
15; Middleburg, Va., March 28; Middleburg, Miss., 
Dec. 24; Middle Creek and Prestonburg, Ky., Jan. 
10; ]\[iddletown, Va., May 24; Milford, Va., July 2; 
Mill Springs, Ivy., Jan. 19-20 ; Mississippi City, Miss., 
March 8; Moutavallo, Mo., April 14, Aug. 6; Mon- 
terey, Ky., June 11; Monterey, Tenn., April 28, May 
13; Monterey, Va., April 12; Moorefield, A"a., Nov. 
9 ; Moors Mills, Mo., July 28 ; Morgan County, Tenn., 
Feb. 2 ; Morgantown, Ky., Oct. 24 ; Morgansvillc, Ky., 
Sept. 2 ; Morning Sun, Tenn., July 1 ; Mosquito In- 
let, Fla., March 21, United States vessels bombard; 
Mountain Grove, Mo., March 9; Mountain Store and 
Big Piney, Mo., July 25-26; Mount Sterling, Ky., 
July 29 ; Mount Washington, Ky., Oct. 2 ; Mouth of 
Monocacy, Md., Oct. 11; Muedraugh's Hill, Ky., Dec. 
28; Mumfordsville, Ky., Sept. 14-16, 21; Murfrees- 
boro, Tenn., July 13. 

Nashville, Tenn., July 21, Nov. 5 ; Nashville vicinity, 
March 8, Oct. 20 ; Newark, Mo., Aug. 1 ; New Balti- 
more, Salem, and Thoroughfare Gap, Va., Nov. 5; 
New Berne, N. C, March 14 ; attack by United States 
' vessels, Nov. 11, Newbern vicinity. May 22; New 
Bridge, Va., May 24; New Hope, Ky., July 11; New 
Madrid, Mo., March 3, 13; New Orleans, La., April 
23, captured by United States vessels; Neosho, Mo., 
April 20,, March 31; Newtonia, Mo., Sept. 13, 30; 
Newtown, Va., May 24; New Ulm, Minn., Aug. 25, 
26, Indian battle ; Norfolk, Va., May 10 ; North Anna 
River, Va., July 23; Nolansville, Md., Sept. 9; 
Nolensville, Tenn., Dec. 26; Nueces River, Texas, 
Aug. 10. 

Oak Grove, Va., June 25 ; Oakland, Miss., Dec. 3 ; Occo- 
quan, Va., March 5. Dec. 19, 28; Occoquan Bridge, 
Va., Jan. 29; Old Church, Va., June 13; Old Fort 
Wayne, Ark., Oct. 22 ; Olive Hill, Ky., Oct. 2 ; Orange 
Court House, Va., July 25, Aug. 2 ; Osceola, Mo., 



28 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

May 27 ; Owensburg, Ky., Sept. 19-20 ; Owen's River, 
CaL, April 9 ; Oxford, Miss., Dec. 3 ; Ozark, Mo., Aug. 
2, Dec. 2. 

Paint Eock Railroad Bridge, Ark., April 28; Panther 
Creek, Mo., Aug. 8 ; Paris, Ky., July 30 ; Paris, Tenn., 
March 11; Parkers Cross Roads, Tenn., Dec. 30; 
Pass Christian, Miss., April 21; Patten, Mo., July 26; 
Peach Orchard, Va., June 29 ; Pea Ridge, Ark., March 
5; Pechaco Pass, D. T., April 15; Peralto, K Mex., 
April 15; Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8; Phillip's Creek, 
Miss., May 21; Philomont, Va., Nov. 1; Pickney Is- 
land, S. C., Aug. 21; Pittman's Ferry, Ark., July 
20; Pittman's Ferry, Mo., Oct. 27; Pittsburgh Land- 
ing, Tenn., March 2; Pleasant Hill, Mo., July 11; 
Plymouth, N. C, Sept. 2 ; Pocataligo, S. C, May 29, 
Oct. 22; Pollocksville, N. C, April 14; Poolesman, 
Md., Sept. 7; Point Lick and Big Hill Road, Ky., 
Oct. 23; Ponchatoula, La., Sept. 14; Port Republic, 
Va., June 9 ; Port Royal, S. C, Jan. 1 ; Pound Gap, 
March 14 ; Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 7 ; Prentis and 
Bolivar, Miss., Sept. 20, United States vessels partici- 
pate; Princeton, W. Va., May 15-16-18; Putnams 
Ferry, April 2. 

Kaceland, La., June 22 ; Rappahannock Bridge, Va., Nov. 
8; Rawles Mills, Williamston, N. C, Nov. 3; Ray- 
town, Mo., June 23 ; Readyville, Tenn., Aug. 28 ; Red 
Wood, Minn., Aug. 18-23, three Indian battles at 
New Ulm; Reed's Mountains, Ark., Dec. 5; Reedy 
Creek, W. Va., May 13; Rhea's Mills, Ark., Nov. 7; 
Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30 ; Rienzi, Miss., Aug. 19 ; 
Rienzi and Kossuth, Miss., Aug. 26 ; Roanoke Island, 
N. C, Feb. 8, United States vessels participate; 
Rodgersville, Ala., May 13 ; Rural Hills, Tenn., Nov. 
18; Russel's House, Corinth, Miss., May 17; Russell- 
ville, Ky., July 29, Sept. 30; Russellville, Tenn., 
July 1. 

Salem, Ark., March 18; Salisbury, Tenn., Aug. 11; Santa 
Fe, Mo., July 24, 25; Savage's Station, Va., June 
29 ; Savannah, Tenn., April 16 ; Scatterville, Ark., 
July 10; Scrougesville, and La Vergne, Tenn., Nov. 
87; Seabrooks Point, S, C., June. 1; Searcy I^an^Jing, 



BATTLES ON LAND. 29 

Ark., May 19; Secessionville, S. C, June 16; Seven 
Pines, Va., May 31; Shady Springs, Va., Aug. 28; 
Shelburne, Mo., Sept. 15; Shelby Depot, Tenn., Oct. 
23 ; Shepherdstown, Va., Oct. 1 ; Shepherdsville, Ky., 
Sept. 21; Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 7; Shirley's Ford, 
Mo., Sept. 20; Silver Creek, Mo., Jan. 8; 
Slatersville, Va., May 9; Slaughterville, Ky., 
Sept. 3; Smithville, Ark., June 18; Snicker's 
Ferry and Berryville Reconnoissance, Va., Nov. 
30; Snicker's Gap, Va., Nov. 2; Somersville, 
Heights, Va., May 7 ; South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14 ; 
Southwest Creek, N. C, Dec. 13; Sparta, Tenn., Aucr. 
4; Sperryville, Va., July 5; Springfield, to near 
Texas, Ky., Oct. 6; Stanford, Ky., Oct. 14; Staunton 
Road, Va., June 2; St. Charles White River, Ark., 
June 17, United States vessels participate; Stevenson, 
Ala., Aug. 31; Stewart Creek, Tenn., Dec. 29; Stock- 
ton. Mn., Ang. 9; Stone's RivAr. T^mn., T)pn, 31- 

Strasburg, Va., March 27, June'l; Sturgeon," Mo.,' 
Sept. 22; Suffolk, Va., Dec. 28; Sugar Creek, Mo., 
Feb. 17; Sugar Loaf Mountain, Md., Sept. 10; Sum- 
merville. Miss., Nov. 26; Sutton, Va., Sept. 23; 
Swift Creek Bridge, N. C, June 27; Sycamore, Ark., 
May 28-29; Sycamore Church, Va., Aug. 3; Sykes- 
town. Mo., March 1. 

Taberville, Ark., Aug. 11; Talbot's Ferry, Ark., April 
19; Tallahatchie, Fla., June 18; Tazewell, Tenn., 
Aug. 6; Thibodeauxville, La., Oct. 27; Thoroughfare 
Gap, Va., April 2, Oct. 17; Tompkinsville, Ky., July 
9 ; Tranter's Creek, N. C, June 5 ; Trenton Bridge, N. 
C, May 14; Trenton, N. C, Dec. 12; Trenton, Tenn., 
Aug. 7, Dec. 20; Trinity, Ala., July 24; Trunstall 
Station, Va., June 14; Turkey Island Bridge, Va., 
July 20; Turnback Creek, Mo., April 16; Tuscumbia 
Creek, Miss., May 30 ; Union City, Tenn., March 30. 

Union Mills, Mo., Aug. 20 ; Upper Missouri River, Oct. 
10, Indian battle; Upperville, Va., Nov. 3. 

Valverde, N. Mex., Feb. 21 ; Vicksburg, Miss., June 26-27, 
United States vessels bombard; Vienna, Va., Sept. 
2; Village Creek, Ark,, June 27. 

Waddel's Farm, Ark., Jme 12> 37 ; Warrensburg, Mo., 



30 THE AMEBICAN DATE BOOK. 

June 17; Warrenton, Junction, Ya., Sept. 26; Wash- 
ington, X. C, Sept. 6 ; Wateriord, and Lumkin's 
Mills, Miss., Nov. 29, 30 ; Water Valley, Miss., Dec. 4 ; 
Walkersville, Mo., April 14; Warrensville, Ya., May 
28 ; Warrensburg, Mo., March 26 ; Wautauga Bridge 
and Carter s Station, Tenn., Dec. 30 ; Waverly, Tcnn., 
Oct. 23 ; West Yirginia skirmishes, Aug. 23-25 ; West 
Point, Ya., May 7; Weston, W\ Ya., Aug. 31; White- 
hall, K C, Dec. 16; Whitemarsh, Ga.. April 16; 
White Oak Eidge, Ky., Aug. 19 ; White Oak Swamp, 
Ya., June 30; White Oak Swamp Bridge, Ya., Aug. 
4; Williamsbridge, La., June 27; Williamsburg, Ya., 
May 5, Julv 11, Sept. 9 ; Williamsburg Eoad, June 
18; Williamsburg, Ky., Oct. 28; Williamsport, Md., 
Sept. 20; Williamsport, Tenn., Aug. 11; Willis 
Church, Ya., June 29; Winchester, Ya., March 23, 
May 25 ; Wireman's Shoals, Big Sandy River, Ky., 
Dec. 4; Wolf Creek Bridge, Mi^ss., Sept. 23; Wood- 
ville, Tenn., Oct. 21 ; Wyoming Court House, W. Ya., 
Aug. 

Yates Ford, Ky., Aug. 31; Yellow Medicine, Minn., Sept. 
23, Indian battle ; Yorktown, Ya., siege, April 5-May 
3 ; skirmish, April 11 ; action in redoubt, April 26 ; 
Young's Crossroads, N. C, July 26. 

Zuxi, near Blackwater, Ya., Dec. 12. 

1863. 

Aldie, Ya., June 17; Amite River, La., March 28; 
Anderson's Cross Roads, Tenn., Oct. 2 ; Anderson 
Gap. Tenn., Antioch Station, Tenn., April 10; Arka- 
delphia, Ark., Feb. 15; Ashby Gap, Ya., July 12; 
Ashlev's Mills, Ark., Sept. 7 ; Atchafalava River, La., 
Sept. "7; Athens. Ky., Feb. 23; Auburn,' Ya., Oct. 14; 
Austin, Ark.. Aug. 31. 

Bachelor's Creek, X. C, May 23 ; Baltimore Cross 
Roads, Ya., June 26, Julv 2i : Barbee's Cross Roads, 
Ya., Sent. 1; Barnwell's Island, S. C, Nov. 24; 
Barren Ford, Ind. Ter.. Dec. 19 ; Barton Station, 
Miss., Oct. 20; Batesville, Ark., Feb. 4; Bath, Ya., 
Sept. 8 ; Baton Rouge. La., Sept. 8 ; Battery linger, 
Ya., April 18 ; Bayou Metoe, Ark., Aug. 2, 27^ Sept. 1 ; 



BATTLES ON LAND. 81 

Bayou Sara, Miss., Nov. 9 ; Bayou Teche, La., Jan. 14 ; 
Bayou Tensas, La., Juno 30 ; Bean's Station, Tonn., 
Dec. 10, 14; Bear Creek, Mo., Feb. 5; Bear Kiver, 
Wash. Ter., Jan. 26, Indian battle; Bear Skin Lake, 
Mo., Sept. 7; Beaver Greek, Ky.; June 27; Beaver 
Dam Lake, Miss., May 23 ; Beersheeba Springs, Tenn., 
Nov. 26; Berry's Ferry, Va., May 16; Berryville, Va., 
June 6, 12, Oct. 18; Berwick City La., March 13; 
Beverly, W. Va., April 24; Beverly, Va., July 2; 
Beverly Ford and Brandy Station, Va., June 9 ; Beverly 
Ford and Itappahannock Crossing, Va., Oct. 22; Big 
Black River, Miss., May 17, Oct. 13 ; Big Creek, Ark., 
July 10; Big Mound, Dak., July 24, Indian battle; 
Big Sewell and Meadow Bluff, W. Va., Dec. 12; 
Bislan'd, La., April 12; Black Bayou Expe- 
dition, Miss., April 5-10; Blackburn Ford, 
Va., Oct. 15; Blackwater, Va., March 17; Blains' 
Cross Roads, Tenn., Dec. 16; Blounts Farm, 
Ala., Mav 2 ; Blount's Mills, N. C, April 9 ; Blounts- 
ville, Tenn., Sept. 22, Oct. 13 ; Blue Island, Ind., June 
19; Blue Springs, Mo., March 22; Blue Springs 
vicinitv, Tenn., Oct. 5 ; Blue Springs, Tenn., Oct. 10 ; 
Bluff ton, S. C, June 4 ; Bolivar, Tenn., Feb. 13-March 
9; Bolivar Heights, Va., July 14; Bolivar and Sum- 
merville, Tenn., Dec. 24, 25; Bolton and Birdsong 
Ferry, Miss., July 4, 5 ; Bone Yard, Tenn., Feb. 10 ; 
Bonfouca, La., Nov. 26; Bottoms Bridge, Va., July 2, 
Aug. 29; Bradyville, Tenn., March 1; Brandenburg, 
Ky., July 8 ; Brandon, Miss., July 18 ; Brandy Station, 
Va., Sept. 6; Brashear City, La., March 18, June 23; 
Brazios de Santiago, Tex., Nov. 2; Brentsville, Va., 
Feb. 14; Brentwood, Tenn., March 25; Bridgeport 
Ferries, Miss., July 2 ; Brimstone Creek, Tenn., Sept. 
10; Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 21; Bristol Station, Va., 
Oct. 14 ; Broad Run, Va., April 1 ; Broad River, S. C, 
April 8; Brown's Ferry, Tenn., Oct. 27; Brownsville, 
Ark., Aug. 25, 26, Sept. 14, 16; Brownsville, Miss., 
Oct. 16 to 18; Buckland Mills, Va., Oct. 19; Buthng- 
ton Point, 0., July 19, United States vessels partici- 
pate, Morgan's Raiders captured ; Bulltown, Va., Oct. 
13 ; Burnt Ordinary, Va., Jan. 19 ; Bushy Creek, Mo., 



32 TEE AMEBIC AN DATE BOOK. 

May 28j Butte La Eose, La., April 20, a capture by 
United States vessels. 

Cabin Creek, Ind. Ter., July 1, 2 ; Cainsville, Tenn., Feb. 
15; Calhoun, Tenn., Sept. 26; Campbell Station, 
Tenn., Nov. 16 ; Camp Moore, La., May 15 ; Canton, 
Miss., July 18, Oct. 15; Cape Girardeau, Mo., April 
26 ; Carrion Crow Bayou, La., Nov. 18 ; Carroll Coun- 
ty, Ark., April 4; Carter's Station, Tenn., Sept. 22; 
Carthage, Mo., May 16; Castor River and Bloom- 
field, Mo., April 29; Catletfs Station, Va., Jan. 10; 
Celina, Ky., April 20 ; Celina, Tenn., Dec. 7 ; Center- 
ville and Pine Factory, Tenn., Nov. 3; Chakapoola 
Station, La., June 24; Chalk Bluff, Ark., April 1; 
Chalk Bluff, Mo., April 30; Champion Hills, Miss., 
May 16; Chancellorsville, Va., May 1-4; Charles Citv, 
Cross Roads, Va., Nov. 16; Charleston, S. C, Jan. 31, 
United States vessels bombard; April 7, attack by 
United States iron clads ; Charleston, Tenn., Dec. 28 ; 
Charlestown, Va., Oct. 8, 19 ; Chattanooga, Tenn., 
Aug. 21; Cherokee Station, Ala., Oct. 21, 29; Ches- 
ter Gap, Va., July 21-22; Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 
19, 20 ; Chuckatuck, Va., April 23, United States naval 
crew engaged; Civiques Ferry, La., May 10; Cold 
Water, Miss., Feb. 19, April 19, July 28, Aug. 21 ; Col- 
liersville, Tenn., Oct. 11, 25, Nov. 3, Dec. 27, 28; Co- 
lumbia, Ky., July 3; Como, Miss., Oct. 7; Concha's 
Springs, N. Mex., July 22 ; Convalescent Corral, near 
Corinth, Miss., July 7; Corydon, Md., July 9; Co- 
teau. La., Nov. 3; Cottage Grove, Tenn., March 21; 
Covington, Tenn., March 10 ; Coyle Tavern, Va., Aug. 
24; Clark's Neck, Ky., Aug. 27; Clarksville, Ark.. 
Oct. 28, Nov. 8 ; Cleveland, Tenn., Nov. 27, Dec. 22 ; 
Clinch Mountain, Tenn., Dec. 6 ; Clinton, La., June 4 ; 
Clinton, Miss., Oct. 17 ; Creek Agency, Ind. Ter., Oct. 
25 ; Creelsboro, Ky., Dec. 7 ; Crescent City attacked 
near Island No. 82, May 18 ; Cripple Creek, Va., May 
16; Cross Timbers, Mo., Oct. 16; Culpepper, Va., 
Sept. 13, Oct. 12, 13; Cumberland Gap, Tenn., Sept. 
9 ; Cypress Bend, Miss., June 22. 

Danville, Ky., March 24; Dardenville, Ark.. Sept. 9; 
Davis Cross Roads, Ga., Sept. 11; Day's Gap, Sand 



BATTLES ON LAND. 33 

Mountain and Black Warrior Creek, Ala., April 30, 
May 1 ; Dead Buffalo Lake, Dak., Indian battle, July 
26; Deer Creek, Miss., Feb. 23, March 21; Deserted 
House, near Suffolk, Va., Jan. 30 ; Devil's Back Bone, 
Ark., Sept. 1 ; Donaldsonville, La., June 28, United 
States vessels participate, July 13 ; Dover Road, N". C, 
April 28; Droop Mountain, Va., Nov. 6; Dunbar's 
Plantation, La., April 15; Dutch Gap, James River, 
Va., Aug. 5, United States vessels engaged; Dutton's 
Hill, Ivy., March 30; Duval's Bluff and Des Arcs, 
Ark., Jan. 16. United States vessel participates; Du- 
val's Bluff, Ark., Dec. 12; Dyersburg, Tenn., Jan. 30. 

Eagleville, Tenn., March 2; East Pascagoula, Miss., 
April 9 ; Elk River, Tenn., July 2, 14. 

Fairfax Court House, Va., March 8 ; Fairfax, Va., June 
27; Fairfield, Pa., July 3, 5; Fairmont, W. Va., April 
29; Falling Waters Md., July 14; Fayetteville, Ark., 
April 18; Fayetteville, Va., May 17-20; Fayetteville, 
renn.,, JSTov. 1; Fishing Creek, Ky., March 25; Fish 
Springs, Tenn., Jan. 23; Fitzhugh's Crossing, Va., 
April 29, 30 ; Florence, Ala., May 27 ; Fort Blair, Wal- 
dron. Ark., Oct. 6; Fort Donelson, Tenn., Feb. 6; 
Fort Esperanza, Tex., Nov. 27-29; Fort Gibson and 
Fort Blount, Ind. Ter., May 20 ; Fort Gibson, Miss., 
Dec. 26 ; Fort Halleck, Ind. Ter., July 7, Indian bat- 
tle; Fort Hindman, Ark., Jan. 11; Fort McAlister, 
Ga., Feb. 1, March 3, United States vessels bombard ; 
Fort Pemberton, Greenwood, Miss., March 13, April 
5, United States vessels participate; Fort Sanders, 
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 29 ; Fort Sumter, S. C, April 
7, United States vessels bombard; Sept. 8 night at- 
tack by naval crews; Fort Wagner, S. C, July 10, 
11, 18, Sept. 6, United States vessels participate; 
Forty Hills, Miss., May 3 ; Fourteen Mile Creek, Miss., 
May 12; Franklin's Crossing, Rappahannock River, 
Va., June 5; Franklin and Harpeth River, Tenn., 
April 10 ; Franklin and Little Harpeth, Tenn., March 
25 ; Franklin, La., May 25 ; Franklin, Tenn., Feb. 1, 
March 9, April 27, June 4; Frying Pan, Va., June 4; 
Funkstown, Mo., July 12. 

Galveston, Tex., Jan. 1, United States vessels participate ; 



34 THE AMERICAN .DATE BOOK. 

Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3 ; Glasgow, Ky., Oct. 5 ; Glen- 
denin^s Raid, Ya., May 20-28; Gloucester Point, Va., 
Feb. 10 ; Gordon's Landing, La., Feb. 14, United States 
vessel engaged; Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29, United 
States vessels bombard; Graysville, Ga., Sept. 10; 
Greencastle, Penn., June 20 ; Greenland Gap, W. Va., 
April 2b', Green River Bridge, Ky., July 4; Green- 
ville, X. C, ^o\. 25, Dec. 30; Greenwich, Va., May 
30; Grenada, Miss., Aug. 13; Gum Swamp, K C!, 
May 22; Guy's Gap and Shelbyville, Tenn., June 27; 
"Grierson's Raid"' from La Grange, Tenn., to Baton 
Rouge, La., April 17-May 2. 

Hagerstown, Md., July G, July 11; Hall's Ferry, Miss., 
May 13 ; Halltown, Va., July 15 ; Hanover, Pa., June 
30; Hardy County, W. Va., Jan. 5; Harper's Ferry 
Bridge, Va., July 7; Harpers Ferry, Va., Oct. 5; 
Hartsville, Mo., Jan. 11; Hartwood Church, Va., 
Feb. 25; Hedgeville, Va., Oct. 15; Helena and Claren- 
don Road, Ark., Jan. 15; Helena, Ark., July 4; Hen- 
derson's Mill, Tenn., Oct. 11 ; Hendrick's, Miss., Sept. 
15 ; Hernando, Miss., April 18, June 20 ; Hillsbor- 
ough, Ala., April 17; Hill's Plantation, Miss., June 
22 ; Holland House, Va., May 15, 16 ; Holston River, 
Tenn., iSTov. 15; Honey Springs, Ind. Ter., July 17; 
Hoover's Gap, Tenn., June 24 ; Horse Shoe Bend, Ky., 
May 11; Howes Ford, Ky., April 28; Huff's Ferry, 
Tenn., Nov. 14; Humansville, Mo., Oct. 17; Hurri- 
cane Bridge, "W. Va., March 28. 

Independence, Mo., Feb. 3, 8; Indian Town, N". C, Dec. 
18; Indian Village, La., Jan. 27; Ingham's Mills, 
Miss., Oct. 12; Ingham's Plantation, Miss., Oct. 10; 
Irish Bend, La., April 14; Irvine, Ky., July 30; luka, 
Miss., July 7-9. 

Jackson, La., Aug. 3; Jackson, Miss., May 14, July 9, 
July 16 ; Jackson, Cross Roads, La., June 20 ; Jack- 
son, Tenn., July 13 ; Jacksonport, Ark., Dec. 23 ; Jack- 
sonville Expedition, Fla., March 29 ; James City, Va., 
Oct. 10: Jeffersonton, Va., Oct. 12; Johnson Depot, 
Tenn., Sept. 22 ; Jonesboro, Mo., Oct. 12-13 : Jones' 
Ford, Miss., July 6; Jornado Del Muerto, N". Mex., 
June 16. 



BATTLES ON LAND. S5 

Kelly's Four), Va., j\Iarch 17, Nov. 7; Kincaels, Tcnn., 
N"ov. G; King George Co., Va., Aug. 24; Kingston, 
Tenn., Nov. 2G ; Knoxville, siege, Tcnn., Nov. 17- 
Dec. 4. 

Lafayette, Tenn., Doc. 25; La Grange, Ark., Jan. 3, May 
1 ; Lake Providence, La., May 27, June 10, June 29 ; 
La Yergne, Tenn., Jan. 1 ; Lawrenccburg, 0., July 14 ; 
Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Nov. 4; Lebanon, Ky., July 5; 
Lebanon, Tcnn., Feb. 8; Lcgarsvillc, Stone Inlet, S. 
C, Dec. 25 ; Leipers Ferry, Tenn., Oct. 28 ; Lenoir's, 
Tenn., Nov. 15; Lett's Tan Yard, Ga., Sept. 13; 
Liberty Gap, Tenn., June 25 ; Lick Creek, Ark., Jan. 
12 ; Limestone Station, near Telford, Tenn., Sept. 5 ; 
Linden, Tenn., May 12; Little Eock, Ark., Sept. 10; 
Little Eock Landing, Tenn., April 24, United States 
vessels engaged ; Little Eock Eoad, Ark., Apfil 2 ; Lon- 
don Creek, Tenn., Nov. 15 ; Lookout Mountain, Nov. 
24; Louisa Court House, Ya., May 1; Louisville, 
Tenn., Nov. 28; Low Creek, W. Ya., June 21. 

Madison, Ark., April 4 ; Madison Court House, Ya., Sept. 
22; Manassas Gap, Ya., July 21, 23; Marrowbone, 
Ky., July 2; Jiiarshall, Mo.,Vuly 28; Martinsburg, 
Ya., June 14; Marysville, Tenn., Nov. 14; Matagorda 
Bay, Tex., Dec. 29, 30, United States vessels; Mays- 
ville, Ala., Aug. 28, Oct. 13; McConnellsburg, Pa., 
June 24, 29; McLeans Ford, Ya., Oct. 15; McMinn- 
ville, Term., April 20, Sept. 28, Oct. 3; Mechanics- 
burg and Sartoria, Miss., Juue 4; Mechanicsville, 
Miss., May 29 ; Medalia, Minn., Indian battle, April 
16; Messengers, Miss., July 1; Motley's Ford, Little 
Tennessee Eiver, Nov. 4; Middleburg, Ya., June 19; 
Middletown, Tenn., Jan. 5, 31, May 21, June 24; 
]\Iiddletown, Ya., June 11 ; Mill Creek Yalley, W. Ya., 
Nov. 13; Milliken's Bend, La., June (d-^; Mill Point, 
W. Ya., Nov. 5; Milton, Tenn., Feb. 18; Mine Eun 
Operations, Ya., Nov. 26 ; Mingo Swamp, Mo., Feb. 3 ; 
Missionary Eidge, Tenn., Nov. 25 ; Missouri Eiver, 
Dak. Ter., Indian battle, July 30; Moffat's Station, 
Ark., Sept. 27; Monterey Gap and Smithsburg, Md., 
July 4; Monticello, Ky., May 1; Monticello and Eocky 
Gap, Ky., June 9; Moorefield, W. Ya., Jan. 3, Sept. 



36 THE AMERIGAN BATE BOOK. 

5, 11; Moresburg, Tenn., Dec. 10; Morgan's Eaid into 
Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, July 1-26; Morris Is- 
land, S. C, Aug. 20) ; Morristown, Tenn., Dec. 10; 
Moscow, Tenn., Nov. 4 ; Moscov,^ Station, Miss., Dec. 
4; Mount Jackson, Va., Xov. 17; Mount Sterling, Ky., 
March 23 ; Mount Vernon, Ark., May 11 ; Muddy Eun, 
Va., Xov. 8; Murfreesboro, Tenn., railroad train at- 
tack, Jan. 25, June G; Murfreesboro Eoad, Tenn., 
Oct. 4; Mustang Island, Tex., Nov. 17. 

Xansemoxd River, Va., May 3 ; Natchez, Miss., Nov. 11, 
Dec. 7 ; Neosho, Mo., Oct. 4 ; New Albany, Miss., April 
19, Oct. 5; Newborn vicinity, N. C, Feb. 27; New- 
born, N. C, March 14; New Lisbon, 0., July 26; New 
Madrid, Mo., Aug. 7; New Madrid Bend, Tenn., Oct. 
22; Newton, La., Oct. 4; Niobrera, Neb., Dec. 4; 
Nolensville, Tenn., Feb. 15. 

Old River, La., Feb. 10 ; Opelousas, La., Oct. 21 ; Orchard 
Knob, Tenn., Nov. 23 ; Orleans, Ind., June 17 ; Owen's 
Valley, March 3. 

Palmyra, Tenn., Nov. 13; Palo Alto, Miss., April 21, 22 
Paris, Ky., March 11, July 29 ; Paris, Tenn., Sept. 13 
Pasquotank, N. C, Aug. 18 ; Pattacassey Creek, N. C. 
July 26 ; Patterson, Mo., April 20 ; Pattersonville, La. 
March 28, United States vessel participates; Pawnee 
Reservation, June 20; Perryville, Kik., Aug. 26 
Petersburg, Chapel Hill and Harpeth River, Tenn. 
March 2, 4 ; Philadelphia, Tenn., Oct. 20-22, Oct. 26 
Piedmont Station, Va., May IG ; Pikeville, Ky., April 
15 ; Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 25 ; Pineville, Mo., Aug. 13 
Pinos Altos, Ariz., Jan. 29 ; Plaquemine, La., June 18 
Ponchatoula, La., March 24, Mav 13 ; Point Pleasant 
W. Va., March 30 ; Polk's Plantation, Ark., May 25 
Pollocksville and Northeast River, N. C., Jan. 17 ; Port 
Gibson, Miss., May 1 ; Port Hudson, La., March 14 
United States vessels participate ; Port Hudson, La., 
advance upon. May 21; Port Hudson Siege, La., May 
27-July 9, United States vessels bombard; Port Hud- 
son, La., assault upon, June 11, 14; Pound Gap Expe- 
dition, Tenn., July 6 ; Prairie Station, Miss., Feb. 21 ; 
Princeton, Ark., Dec. 8; Pueblo, N. Mex., Aug. 18; 
Pulaski, Ala., July 15. 



BATTLES ON LAND. St 

Quaker Bridge, N. C, July 6. 

Eaccoon Ford, Ivapidan Station, Va., Sept. 14, Sept. 19; 
Rapidan, Va., Oct. 10, 17; Eapidan Station, Va., May 
1 ; Rappahannock Station, Kelly's Ford and Brandy 
Station, Ya., Aug. 1-3, Nov. 7 ; Raymond, Miss., May 
12 ; Red Bone Church, Mo., Sept. 25 ; Redwood Creek, 
Cal., July 7; Rheatown, Tenn., Oct. 11; Richfield, 
Clay Co., Mo., May 19; Richmond, La., March 30, 
June 15; Richmond and Lexington, Ky., July 28; 
Ringgold, Ga., Sept. 11, Nov. 27; Rio Hondo, New 
Mexico, July 18; Ripley, Tenn., Jan. 8; Ripley, Miss., 
Dec. 1 ; Rocheport, Mo., June 1 ; Rockford, Tenn., 
Nov. 14 ; Rocky Crossing, Miss., June 20 ; Rocky Gap, 
Va., Aug. 26 ; Rockville, Mo., Sept. 22 ; Rodney," Miss., 
Dec. 17, 24; Rodman's Point, N. C, April 4; Rogers- 
ville, Tenn., Nov. G; Romney vicinity, Va., Feb. 16; 
Rosecrans' Campaign, Tenn., June 23-30; Roseville, 
Ark., Nov. 12; Rover, Tenn., Jan. 31; Rutherford's 
Creek, Tenn., Nov. 10. 

Sabiis^e Pass, Tex., April 18, United States naval crews 
engaged ; Sabine Pass, La., United States vessels par- 
ticipate, Sept. 8; Salem, Miss., Oct. 8; Salem Pike, 
Tenn., March 21 ; Saline Co., Mo., July 30 ; Salisbury, 
Tenn., Dec. 3 ; Salt Lick, Va., Oct. 14 ; Salyersville, 
Ky., Nov. 30; Sangster's Station, Va., Dec. 15; Se- 
cessionville, S. C, July 16; Senatobia, Miss., May 25; 
Seneca, Mo., June 11 ; Shady Springs, W. Va., July 
14; Shannon Hill, Va., May 4; Shawneetown, Kan., 
June 6; Shelbyville Pike, Tenn., Oct. 7; Sheppards- 
town, A^a., July 16; Sherwood, Mo., May 18; Skeet, 
N. C, March 4; Smithfield, Va., Feb. 13, Sept. 15; 
Snyder's BlufiP, Miss., April 30; Somerville, Tenn., 
March 29 ; South Anna, Va., June 26 ; South Quay, 
Va., April 17 ; South Quay Bridge, Va., May 1 ; South 
Union, Ky., May 13; Spanish Fork Canon, Utah, 
Indian battle, April 15; Sparta, Tenn., Aug. 9, Nov. 
26 ; Sporting Hill, Pa., June 30 ; Spottsylvania Court 
House, Va., April 30; Springfield, Mo., Jan. 7, 8; 
Springfield Landing, La., July 2 ; Spring River, Mo., 
Feb. 19; State Creek, Kv., June 11; St. Augustine, 
Fla., Dec. 30; St. Catherine's Creek, Miss., July 28; 



38 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK 

St. Francis County, Mo., April 8; St. Francis Eiver, 
Mo., May 1 ; Steele's Bayou Expedition, Miss., March 
16-23, United States vessels participate; Sterling's 
Farm, La., Sept. 29 ; Sterling's Plantation, La., Sept. 
12 ; Stevensburg, Va., ^'ov. 7 ; Stewart's Creek, Tenn., 
Jan. 1 ; Stockade at Stone River, Tenn., Oct. 5 ; Stone- 
man's Eaid, Va.; April 27-May 8; Stony Lake, Dak., 
July 28, Indian battle ; Strasburg Road, Va., Feb. 26, 
April 22 ; Suffolk Siege, Va., April 12-May 4; Suffolk, 
Va., May 4 ; Sugar Creek, Tenn., Oct. 9 ; Sunimer- 
ville, Va., Feb. 9"; Swallow's Bluff, Tenn., Sept. 30 ; 
Sweetwater, Tenn., Oct. 24. 

Tahliquah, I. T., March 30 ; Talbot's Station and Mossy 
Creek, Tenn., Dec. 29; Tar River and Rocky Mount 
Raid, N. C, July 18-21; Texas Co., Mo., Sept. 12; 
The Island, Mo., March 30; Thibodeaux, La., June 
20, 21; Thompson Cove, Tenn., Oct. 3; Thompson's 
Station, Tenn., March 4, 5 ; Tickfaw River, Miss., May 
1 ; Tompkinsville, Ky., April 22 ; Town Creek, Ala., 
April 28 ; Township, Fla., Jan. 26 ; Trinity River, Col., 
Nov. 13; Triune, Tenn., June 9; Tunstall Station, 
Va., May 4 ; Tupelo, Miss., May 6 ; Triplett's Bridge, 
Ky., June 16; Tuscumbia, Ala., Feb. 22; Tuscumbia, 
Ala., April 24; Tullahoma, Tenn., July 1, attack on 
supply train Oct. 23 ; Tuscumbia, Ala., Oct. 26. 

Union Church, Miss., April 28 ; Union Church, Tenn., 
July 10, Nov. 19; University Place, Tenn., July 4; 
Upperville, Va., June 21, Sept. 25. 

Vaught's Hill, Tenn., March 20 ; Vermilion, Bayou, La., 
April 17, Oct. 10; Vernon, Ind., July 12; Vicksburg, 
Miss., Feb. 24, Confederates scared by dummy gun 
boat; Vicksburg batteries, United States vessels en- 
gaged, April 16; Vicksburg siege, May 18 to July 4; 
actions May 20, June 25, 28; surrender July 4, Aug. 
27 ; Vidalia, La., Sept. 14 ; Vincent Cross Roads, Oct. 
26. 

Wachita Indian Agency, Tex., Indian battle, Feb. 10 ; 
Waldron, Ark., Sept. 11, Dec. 30; Walker's Ford, 
Clinch River, W. Va., Dec. 2: Warm Springs, N. C, 
Nov. 26 ; V/arm Springs, N. Mex., June 20 ; Warren- 
ton Junction, Va., May 3, 14; Warsaw, Mo., Oct. 8; 



BATTLES ON LAND. 39 

Wartrace, Tenn., Oct. 5 ; Washington, N. C, March 
30, Nov. 1; Waterford, Va., Aug. 7; Waterproof, La., 
Nov. 21 ; Wauhatchie, Tcnn., Oct. 27 ; Waverly, Tenn., 
April 10; Waynesville, Mo., Aug. 25; Weber's Falls, 
Ind. Tcr., Sept. 9 ; West Branch and Nansemond, Ya., 
United States vessels bombard, April 14; Westmin- 
ster, Md., June 29 ; West Point, Ark., Aug. 14 ; West- 
port, Mo., June 17; White's Ford, Va., Sept. 21 
White Stone Hill, Dak., Sept. 3-5, Indian battle 
White Water, Mo., April 24 ; Whittaker's Mills, Va. 
April 11; Williamsburg, Va., Feb. 7, March 29; Wil 
liamsport, Md., July 6 ; Willow Creek, Cal., Nov. 17 
Wilson's Creek, Ky., June 13 ; Winchester, Va., May 
19, June 13, 15; Woodbury, Tenn., Jan. 24; Wood- 
bury and Snow Hill, Tenn., April 2, 3 ; Wyatt, Miss., 
Oct. 13 ; Wytheville, W. Va., July 18. 
Yazoo City, Miss., July 13, United States vessels partici- 
pate; Yazoo Pass, Miss., Feb. 20; Zollicoffer, Tenn., 
Sept. 24. 

1864. 

Abberville, Miss., Aug. 23; Abberville and Oxford, 
Miss., Aug. 12; Aberdeen and Butler Creek, Ala., 
Nov. 17; Abingdon, Va., Dec. 15; Ackworth, Ga., 
June 3, 4; Adairsville, Ga., May 17-18; Alexandria, 
La., April 26; Alexandria vicinity, March 1-8; Alla- 
toona, Ga., Oct. 5 ; Antoine, Ark., April 2 ; Arkadel- 
phia. Ark., March 28 ; Armstrong Ferry, Tenn., Jan. 
22; Arthur's Swamp, Va., Aug. 29, 30; Ashby's Gap, 
Va., July 18; Ashepoo River, S. C, May 16; Ashland, 
Va., May 11, 30; Ashwood Landing, La., May 1-4; 
Atchafalava Eiver, La., July 28; Athens, Ala., Jan. 
25, Sept. "23, Oct. 1, 2; Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 28; 
Ezra-Chapel, Nov. 8; Atlanta siege, July 28-Sept. 8; 
Atlee's Bidnella Cross Roads, Va., March 1 ; Auburn, 
Ga., July 18. 

Bachelor's Creek, N. C, May 26; Baker Springs, Ark., 
Jan. 24; Ball's Ferry, Ga.. Nov. 24, 25; Barber'^s 
Place, South Fork, St. Mary's River, Fla., Feb. 9, 10 ; 
Barnett's Ford, Va., Feb. 7; Baton Rouge, La., May 
3 ; Baylor's Farm, Va., June 15 ; Bayou Biddell, La., 
Oct, 15 ; Bayou La Fourchc, La., Nov, 19 ; Bayou La 



40 TEE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Mourie, La., May 7; Bayou Eapides, La., March 21; 

Bealton, Va., Jan. 14 ; Beaver Dam Station, Va., May 

9; Beer Creek Station, Ga., Nov. IG; Belcher's Mills, 

Va., May 16, Sept. 17; Bellefields and Hicksford, Va., 

Dec. 9; Benton, Miss., May 7; Bent's Old Fork, Tex., 

Nov. 24; Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 16-30, June 2, 

Aug. 24, 25, Nov. 17, 30, Dec. 4; Berryville, Va., 

Sept. 3, 4; Berryville Pike, Va., Aug. 10; Beersheba 

Springs, Tenn., March 20 ; Beverly, W. Va., Oct. 29 ; 

Big Black Eiver Bridge, Miss., Nov. 27; Big Pigeon 

Eiver, Tenn., Nov. 5, 6; Big Sandy, Col., Nov. 29; 

Big Shanty, Ga., Sept. 2 ; Black River, La., Nov. 1 ; 

Blackwater, Mo., Sept. 23; Blockhouse No. 4, R. R., 

Tenn., Aug. ; Blockhouse No. 5, R. R., Tenn., Aug. 

31; Blockhouse No. 7, Overall's Creek, Tenn., Dec. 4; 

Bodytown Plank Road Reconnoissance, Va., Oct. 8, 

27 ; Bolivar, Tenn., Feb. 6, March 29, May 3 ; Bolivar 

and Maryland Heights, Va., July 4-7 ; Boonsville, Mo., 

Oct. 9-11; Boyken's Mills, S. C, April 18; Branch- 

ville. Ark., Jan. 19; Brentsville, Va., Feb. 14; Brice's 

Cross Roads, Miss., June 10; Bristol Station, Va., 

April 15; Bristol, Tenn., Dec. 14; Brook Turnpike, 

Richmond fortifications, Va., March 1 ; Brown's 

Cross Roads, Ga., Nov. 27-29 ; Brown's Gap, Va., Sept. 

2^ ; Brownsville vicinity, Ala., Oct. 30 ; Buchanan, Va., 

June 14 ; Buffalo Gap, W. Va., June 6 ; Buf ords Gap, 

Va., June 21 ; Buford's Station, Tenn., Dec. 23 ; 

Bull Bayou, Ark., Aug. 26 ; Bull's Gap, Tenn., Sept. 

24, Nov. 13; Burned Church, Ga., May 26; Buzzard 

Roost and Tunnell Hill, Ga., Feb. 25-27; Buzzard 

Roost Gap, Ga., May 8; Buzzard Roost Blockhouse, 

Ga., Oct. 13. 

Cabin Creek, Ind. Ter., Sept. 19 ; Cabin Point, Va., Aug. 

5; Cabletown, Va., March 10; Caddo Gap and Scott's 

Farm, Ark., Feb. 12 ; Calfkiller Creek, Tenn., Feb. 23; 

Calfkiller River, Tenn., March 18; California, Mo., 

Oct. 9-11; Cameron, Va., Jan. 27; Campbelltown, 

Ga., July 28 ; Campbellville, Tenn., Sept. 5 ; Campbell- 

ville and Synnville, Tenn., Nov. 24; Campti. La., 

April 4; Cane Creek, Ala., June 10; Caiion de Chelly, 

Indian battle, Jan.; Canton, Ky., Aug. 22; Cantoi\ 



BATTLES ON LAND. 41 

vicinity, Miss., Feb. 27, 28 ; Cape Girardeau, Mo., Feb. 
5; Cairollton Stort-, Va., March 13; Carter's Station, 
Ark., Sept. 27; Cassville, Ga., May 19-22; Cassville 
Station, Ga., May 25; Cedar Biuiis, Col., May 3; 
Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19 ; Cedar Kun Clmrch, Va., 
Oct. 17; Centreville, Tenn., Sept. 29; Chambersburg, 
Pa., July 30; Champion Hills, Miss., Feb. 4; Charle? 
City Cross Eoads reconnoissance, Va., Oct. 1 ; Charles- 
ton, 111., March 28; Charlestown, \\\ Va., June 27; 
Chattahoochee Hiver, Ga., July 6-10; Chattanooga, 
Tenn., Block House No. 2, Dec. 2, 3; Cheek's Cross 
Eoads, Tenn., March 14; Chewa Station, Ga., July 18; 
Childsburg, Va., May 9 ; Chunky Station, Miss.. Feb. 
12; Clarendon, Ark., March 15, June 25-29; Clarks- 
ville, Ark., Sept. 28; Clear Creek, Mo., May 16; Clear 
Springs, Mo., July 29 ; Cleveland, Tenn., April 1, 13, 
Aug. 17; Clinton, Ga., Nov. 22; Clinton, La., May 1; 
Clinton, Miss., July 4, 7 ; Clinton and Jackson, Miss., 
Feb. 5 ; Clinton and Liberty Creek, La., Nov. 15 ; 
Cloutersville, La., April 23, 24; Clay Co., Mo., July 4; 
Cloyd's Mountain and New River Bridge, Va., May 
9, 10; Cold Harbor, Va., June 1-12; Cold Water 
Grove, Mo., Oct. 24 ; Coleman's, Miss., March 5 ; Cole- 
man's Plantation, Miss., July 4, 5 ; College Hill, Miss., 
Aug. 21-22; Collinsville, Miss., June 23; Columbia, 
Tenn., Nov. 24-28; Columhine, Confederate steam-tug 
captured. Horse Landing, Fla., United States naval 
crew participates ; Conee Creek, La., Aug. 25 ; Coosaw 
River, S. C, Dec. 4; Corinth, Miss., June 10; Cotton 
Plant, Ark., April 21 ; Courtland, Ala., July 25; Cove 
Mountain, Va., May 9, 10; Cow Creek, Ark., Nov. 14- 
28; Cowskin, Mo., Aug. 5-7; Craig's Meeting House, 
Va., May 5 ; Crooked River, Ore., May 18 ; Crooked 
Run, Va., Aug. 16 ; Crump's Hill, La., April 2; Gulp's 
House, Ga., June 22 ; Cumberland, Md., Aug. 1 ; Cum- 
berland Gap, Tenn., Jan. 29, Feb. 22; Cynthiana, Ky., 
June 10, 17. 
Dallis, Ga., May 25-June 4 : Dalton vicinity, Ga., Jan. 
21; Dalton, Ga., May 9, Aug. 14-16, Oct. 13; Dand- 
ridge, Tenn., Jan. 16-17; Danville, xVrk., March 28; 
Darbytov/n Road, Va., Oct. 7, 13; Dardanelle, Ark.^ 



42 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

May 10; Darksville, Va., July 19, Sept. 3; Decatur, 
Ala., March 7, April 17, May 26, 27, Aug. 18, Oct. 
26-29, Dec. 27, 28; Decatur, Ga., Aug. 5; Decatur, 
Miss., Feb. 12; Deep Bottom, Va., July 21; Deep 
Bottom, New Market and Malvern Hill, Va., July 
27, 28; Des Arc, Ark., July 26; Deveaux Neck, S. C, 
Dec. 6-9 ; Donalclsonville, La., Feb. 8, Aug. 5 ; Doni- 
phan and Black Eiver, Mo., Sept. 17-20; Doubtful 
Canon, Ariz., May 4 ; Downer s Bridge, Va., May 20 ; 
Drainsville, Va.,"'Feb. 22; Dukedom, Ky., Feb. 28; 
Dunn's Bayou, Eed River, La., May 5 ; Dutch Gap, 
Va., Sept. 7; Dutch Mills, Ark., April 14; Duval's 
Bluff, Ark., Aug. 21. 

East Point, Miss., Oct. 10; Ebenezer Creek, Ga., Dec. 
7 ; Egypt Station, Miss., Dec. 28 ; Elizabethtown, Ky., 
Dec. 24; Elkins Ford, Ark., April 4-6; Elkshute, Mo., 
Aug. 3 ; Elkton, Ky., Dec. 12. 

Fairburn, Ga., Aug. 18; Fairfax Station, Va., Sept. 17; 
Fair Oaks, Va., Oct. 27-28 ; Farr's Mills, Ark., July 
14; Fayette, Mo., Sept. 24 ; Fayetteville, Ark., May 19, 
Oct. 28 ; Fish Bayou, Ark., June 6 ; Fisher's Hill, Va., 
Aug. 15, Sept. 22 ; Fitzhugh's Woods, Augusta, Ark., 
April 1; Flatshoals, Ga., July 28; Flint Creek, Ark., 
March 6; Florence, Ala., Jan. 26, April 13, Oct. 6; 
Fort Adams. La., Oct. 5 ; Fort Anderson, Ky., March 
25 ; Fort Cottonwood, Nev., Aug. 28, Sept. 18, Indian 
battles; Fort Darling, Drury's Bluff, Va., including 
Wierbottom Church, Proctor's and Palmer's Creeks, 
May 12-16 ; Fort Davidson, Mo., Sept. 26, 27 ; Fort 
Donelson, Tenn., Oct. 11 ; Fort De Russy, La., March 
14; Fort Fisher, N. C, Dec. 25, United States vessels 
participate ; Fort Gaines, Ala., captured bv Farragut, 
Aug. 8; Fort Gibson, Ind. Ter., Sept. 16, 18; Fort 
Haiman, Tenn., Oct. 28; Forts Harrison and Gilmore, 
Va., Sept. 28-30 ; Fort Hell, Jerusalem Plank Eoad, 
Va., Sept. 10 ; Fort Johnson, James Island, S. C, Julv 
2; Fort Kellv, W. Va., Nov. 28; Fort Leavenworth, 
Kan., Oct. 20-26; Fort McAllister, Ga., Dec. 13; Fort 
Pillow. Tenn., March 16, April 12 ; Fort Rice, Dak., 
Sept. 27, Indian battle; Fort Sedgwick. Va., Nov. 5; 
Fort Sedgwick, Jerusalem Plank Road, Va., Sept. 28 ; 



BATTLES ON LAND. 43 

Fori Smith, Ark., July '^J-Sl, Aug. 24; Fort Stevens 
Washington, D. C., July 12 ; Fort Sumpter, N. Mex., 
Indian battle, Jan. 4; Frankfort, Ky.,June 10; Frank- 
lin, Mo., Oct. 1; Franklin, Tenn., Sept. 2, Nov. 30, 
Dec. 17; Franklin Creek, Miss., Dec. 18; Fredericks- 
burg, Mo., July 17; Fredericksburg Koad, Va., May 
16-20; Fremont's Orchard, Col., April 12; French 
Broad, Tenn., Jan. 27; Front Royal Pike, Va., Sept. 
21. 

Gaines' Mills, Salem Church, and Hawes Shop, Va., June 
2; Gainesville, Fla., Feb. 14, Aug. .17; Ghent, Ky., 
Aug. 29; Gladesville, Va., Oct. 2; Glade Springs, Ky., 
Dec. 15; Golgotha, Ga., June IG; Gordons ville Raid, 
Va., Dec. 8-28; Gordonsville vicinity, Va., Dec. 23; 
Glasgow, Mo., Oct. 15; Governor Moore's Plantation, 
La., May 2; Grand Gulf, Miss., Jan. 16-18; July 16, 
17; Gravel Hill, Va., Aug. 14; Greenland Gap Road, 
W. Va., June 6 ; Green Springs Depot, W. Va., Aug. 2 ; 
Greenville, Tenn., Sept. 4, Oct. 12; Griswoldville, 
Ga., Nov. 22 ; Grosse Tete Bayou, La., Feb. 19, March 
30; Ground Squirrel Church Bridge, Va., May 10. 

Hagar's Mountain and Middletown, Md., July 7 ; Hagers- 
town. Pleasant Valley, Md., July 5 ; Half Mound, Ky., 
April 14; Halltown,^Va., Aug. 24, 26, 27; Hamilton, 
N. C, including Foster's Bridge and Butler's Bridge, 
Dec. 9-12; Hammock's Mills, North River, W. Va., 
July 3; Hanover Court House, Va., May 30; Hon- 
overton, Va., May 27; Harney Lake Valley, Ore., 
April 7, Indian battle; Harrisonburg, La., March 2; 
Harrodsburg, Ky., Oct. 21; Hatcher's Run reconnois- 
sance, Va., Dec. 8, 9; Henderson, Ky., July 21, Sept. 
25; Hillsboro, Ga., July 31; Holly Springs, Miss., 
May 24, Aug. 27, 2^; Hollow Tree Gap, Tenn., Dec. 
17; Holston River, Tenn., Feb. 20; Honey Hill,'S. C, 
Nov. 30; Hopkinsville, Ky., Dec. 16; Hot Springs, 
Ark., Feb. 4 ; Howard County, Mo., Aug. 28 ; Hudnot's 
Plantation, La., May ] ; Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 1 ; Hur- 
ricane Creek, Miss., Aug. 14, Oct. 23. 

Independence, Mo., Oct. 22 ; Indian Bay, Ark., April 13 ; 
Island No. 76, Miss., Jan. 20. 

Jackson, La., Oct, 5 ; Jackson, Miss., July 5, 6 ; Jackson- 



44 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

port, Ark., April 24; Jacksonville, Fla., May 1, 28; 
James Eiver, near City Point, Ya., May 6; James 
Elver, Va., Oct. 22, United States batteries at- 
tacked by Confederate gunboats; Jarrett's Station, 
Weldon Railroad, Va., May 9 ; Jeffersonville, Ya., May 
8; Jenkins Ferry, Ark., April 30; John's Island, 
S. C, July 5-7 ; Johnson's Mills, Tenn., Feb. 22 ; 
Johnsonville, Tenn., Sept. 25, Nov. 4, 5; Jonesboro, 
Ga., Aug. 19, 20, Aug. 31, Sept. 1; Jones Bridge, Ya., 
June 23 ; Jones Hay Station and Ashley Station, Ark., 
Aug. 24; Jonesville, Ya., Jan. 3. 

Kautz Cavalry Raid from Suffolk to City Point, Ya., 
May 4-12 ; Kautz's Raid on the Petersburg and 
Lynchburg Railroad, Ya., May 12-17; Kearney s- 
ville, Ya., Aug. 25 ; Keller's Bridge, Ky., June 10 ; 
Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 9 to 30, action June 
27; Kernstown, Ya., July 23; Kilpatrick's Raid on 
the Atlanta Railroad, Aug. 18-22; Kilpatrick's Raid, 
Stevensburg to Richmond, Ya., Feb. 28-March 4; 
Kingsport, Tenn., Dec. 13 ; King's River, Ark., April 
16; Kingston, Ga., May 18, 24; Kingsville, Mo., 
June 12. 

Lacey's Springs, Ya., Dec. 20; Ladija, Ala., Oct. 30; 
LaFayette, Ga., June 24; Lafayette, Tenn., June 
9, 24; Lake City, Fla., Feb. 12; Lauderdale Springs, 
Miss., Feb. 16; 'Lanes' Prairie, Mo., May 26; Latta- 
more's Mills, Ga., June 20 ; Lavergne, Tenn., Sept. 1 ; 
Lawrenceberg, Tenn., Xov. 22; Lebanon, Ala., Feb. 
3; Lebanon, Kv., July 30; Leesburg and Harrison, 
Mo., Sept. 29,''30; Lee's Mills, Ya., July 12, 30; 
Leetown, Ya., July 5 ; Lewisburg, Ark., Jan. 17 ; 
Lexington, Ky., June 10 ; Lexington, Mo., June 14, 
Oct. 19; Lexington, W. Ya., June 10, 11; Ley's 
Ferry, Ga., May 15 ; Liberty, Ya., June 20 ; Liberty 
and Jackson, La., Nov. 21 ; Liberty Post-Office, Ark., 
April 15; Little Blue, Mo., July^6, Oct. 21; Little 
Blue, Dak., Aus:. 12, Indian battle; Little Cacapon, 
Ya., April 10;"Little River, Tenn., Oct. 20; Little 
Rock, Ark., May 28; Liverpool Heights, Miss., Feb. 
3 ; Lock's Ford, Opequan, Ya., Sept. 13 ; London 
Heights, Ya., Jan. 10; Longview, Ark., March 26; 



BATTLES ON LAND. 46 

Lovejoy Station, Ga., July 29, 30, Aug. 20, Sept. 
2-6, Nov. 16; Luna Landing, Ark., Feb. 22; Luray, 
Va., Sept 24; Lynchburg, Va., June 17, 18; Lynn- 
ville, Tenn., Dec. 23. 

Macon, Ga., July 30, Nov. 20; Madison Court House, Va., 
Dec. 20; Madison Station, Ala., May 17, Nov. 26; 
Madisonville, La., Jan. 7; ^lanchcster, Tenn., March 
17; Monocacy, Md., July 9; Mansura, La., May 14- 
16; Mariana, Fla., Sept. 27; Marion, Miss., Feb. 17; 
Marion, Va., Dec. 18; Marion and Wytheville, Va., 
Dec. 16; Mark's Mills, Ark., April 25; Martinsburg, 
Va., Aug. 19, Sept. 18; Martin's Creek, Ark., Jan. 7; 
Mayfield, Ky., Jan. 12; Mazzard Prairie, Ark., July 
27; McAfee's Cross Koads, La., June 12; McGook's 
Eaid to Lovejoy Station, Ga., July 26-31; Meadow 
Bridge, Chickahoniiny Eiver, Va., May 12; Mealey, 
W. Va., Jan. 29; Memphis, Tenn., May 2, Aug. 21; 
Memphis vicinity, Oct. 4; Memphis, Dec. 14; Meri- 
dian, Miss., Feb. 14 ; Middleton, Tenn., Jan. 14 ; Mil- 
ford Station, Va., May 20 ; Mill Creek and Dug Gaps, 
Ga., May 7; Millen Grove, Ga., Dec. 1; Millwood, 
Va., Dec. 17; Milton, Fla., Oct. 26; Mine Creek, 
Maria des Cygnes and Little Osage River, Kan., Oct. 
25 ; Mitcheir's'Creek, Fla., Dec. 17 ; Moccasin Gap, Va., 
Dec. 24; Moneti's Bluff, La., April 23; Monticello, 
Ark., March 18; Mooreiield, W. Va., Feb. 4, Aug. 7; 
Moreau Bottom, Mo., Oct. 7; Morgan's Mills, Ark., 
Feb. 9; Moro Creek, Ark., x\pril 26; Morristown, 
Tenn., Oct. 28; Morton, Miss., Feb. 8; Morton's 
Ford, Va., Feb. 6; Moscow, Ark., April 13; Moscow, 
Tenn., June 15 ; Mossy Creek, Tenn., Jan. 13 ; Moul- 
ton, Ala., May 28, 29 ; Mount Elba, Ark., March 30 ; 
Mount Pleasant, Miss., May 21 ; Mount Pleasant 
Landing, La., May 15 ; Mount Stirling, Ky., June 9 ; 
Mount Zion Church, Va., July 6; Mullaerry Gap, 
Tenn., Feb. 22; Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 3, Dec. 
15, 24 ; Muscle Shoals, Ala., Oct. 30 ; Myerstown, Va., 
Nov. 18. 

Narrows, Ga., Oct. 11; Nashville, Tenn., May 24, Dec. 
1-4, skirmishes, Dec. 15, 16; Natchitoches, La., March 
31, April 19; Newbern, N. C, Feb. 1, 2, 3, 29; New 



46 InJii AMEhiCAN DATE BOOK. 

Creek, Va., Aug. 4; New Creek Valley, W. Va., Feb. 
1; Newnan, Ga., July 30; New Market, Va., Mav 
15, Oct. 7; Newtonia, Mo., Oct. 28, 30; Newton, 
Ninevah and Cedar Springs, Va., Nov. 13 ; Nickajack 
Creek, Ga., July 2-5 ; Nickajack Trace, Ga., April 
23 ; North Carolina western expedition, Dec. 9-Jan. 
14, '65; North Mountain, Va., July 3; North Shen- 
andoah, Va., Oct.; Noses' Creek, Ga., June 17; 
Nottoway Court House, Va., June 23. 

OcALONA and Mount Ivy, Miss., Feb. 22; OfPet's Knob, 
Mo., April 28; Ogeechee River, Ga., Dec. 7-9; Oka- 
lona. Ark., April 3; Old Church, Va., May 30, June 
10, 11; Old River, La., May 22; Olustee, Fla., Feb. 
20; Opequan, Va., Sept. 19; Oregon Mountains, Jan. 
28; Osceola, Ark., Aug. 2; Otter Creek, Va., June 
16; Owensboro, Ky., Aug. 27; Ozark, Mo., July 14, 
15. 

Paintsville, Ky., April 13 ; Panther Gap, W. Va., June 
3 ; Panther Springs, Tenn., March 5 ; Patterson 
Creek, W. Va., Feb. 3; Pawnee Forks, Kan., Nov. 
25; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20; Pembescott 
Bayou, Ark., April 8; Pensacola, Fla., April 2; 
Petersburg, Va., June 10, 15-19; trenches, 20-30; 
front, July 1-31 ; mine explosion, July 30, trenches, 
Aug. 1-Oct. 30; trenches, Dec. 1-31; Petersburg, W. 
Va., Jan. 8 ; Petit Jean, Ark., July 12 ; Piedmont, 
Va., June 5; Pierce's Point, Fla., Oct. 18; Pierson'c 
Farm, Va., June 16 ; Pine Barren Creek, Ala., Dec. 
17-19; Pine Bluff, Ark., June 21, July 2; vicinity, 
Sept.; Pine Bluff, Tenn., Aug'. 19;' Pine Knob, 
Ga., June 19 ; Pine Mountain, Ga., June 14 ; Platte 
Citv, Mo., July 3 ; Plaquemine, La., Aug. 6 ; Pleas- 
ant*' Hills, La., April 9, 12; Pleasant Hill, Mo., Mav 
28; Point Lookout, Va., May 13, United States naval 
crew participates ; Point of Rocks, Md., June 9, July 
4; Point Pleasant, La.. June 25; Point Washington 
vicinity, Fla., Feb. 9; Plymouth, N. C, April 17- 
20, Oct. 31, United States vessels participate ; Poison 
Springs, Ark., April 18 ; Pond Creek, Pike Co., Ky., 
May 16 ; Pond Spring, Ala., Dec. 29 ; Pontotoc, Miss., 
July 11; Poplar Springs Church, Va., Sept. 30 tQ 



PATTijlsa ON LAND, 47 

Oct. 1; Port Hudson, La., April 7, Plains Store; 
Pound Gap, Ivv., April 19 ; Powder Spring, Ga., June 
20; Powell's River Bridge, Tenn., Feb. 22; Prairie 
D'Ann, Ark., April 10-13; Prairie Station, Miss, 
Feb. 20 : Prince's Place, Mo., Oct. 6 ; Princeton, Ark., 
April 29, Oct. 23; Princeton, Ky., June 10; Prince- 
ton, W. Va., May 6; Pulaski, Tenn., May 13, Sept. 
27; Pulaski, Lambs Ferry, Anthony's Hill and Sugar 
Creek, Tenn., Dec. 25. 

QuALLATOWN, N. C, Feb. 5; Quicksand Creek, Ky., 
April 6. 

Rappahannock vicinity, Va., April 1 ; Readyville, Tenn., 
Sept. 7; Ream's Station, Va., June 22, 29, Aug. 25; 
Rectortown, Va., Jan. 1; Red Bone, Miss., April 21; 
Red Clay, Ga., May 3; Red Oak, Ga., Aug. 19; Red 
River, La., April 26, United States vessels engaged; 
Resaca, Ga., May 13-16, Oct. 12; Richland, Ark., 
May 3; Richland, Tenn., Sept. 26; Richmond and 
Petersburg Railroad, Va., May 6, 7; Riplev, Miss., 
June 7, 11, July 7; Rock House, Wayne Co.,^W. Va., 
Feb. 12; Rockport, Mo., Sept. 23; Rocky Creek 
Church, Ga., Dec. 2 ; Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 5- 
9; Rodgersville, Tenn., Aug. 22; Rodney, Miss., 
March 4; Rood's Hill, Va., May 14; RoUa, Mo., 
Aug. 1; Rolling Fork, Miss., Nov. 22; Rolling 
Prairie, Mo., Feb. 4j Rolling Prairie, Ark., Jan. 23 ; 
Rome Cross Roads, Ga., May 16; Rome, Ga., May 
18 ; Road's Hill, Va., Nov. 22 ; Roseville, Ark., April 
5; Ross Landing, Grand Lake, Ark., Feb. 14; Rous- 
seau's Raid in Alabama and Georgia, July 11-22; 
Rutherford Creek, Tenn., Dec. 19. 

Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8; Sacramento Moun- 
tain, N. Mex., Aug. 25; Salem, V^., June 21; 
Saltville, Va., Oct. 2, Dec. 20; Samaria Church, 
Va., June 15, 24; San Carlos River, Cal., May 27; 
Sandersville, Ga., Nov. 26 ; Saulsbury, Miss., July 2 ; 
Savannah siege, Ga., Dec. 10-21; Scott's Mills Road 
near Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 27; Scullyville, Ind. 
Ter., April 16; Searcy, Ark., June 3, July 4, Sept. 
6; Sedalia, Mo., Oct. 15; Sheridan's Cavalry Raid, 
Va., May 9-13; Ship's Gap, Ga., Oct. 16; Shoal 



48 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Creek, Ala., Nov. 9; Simmsport, La., May 18; Six 
Mile House, Va., Aug. 18, 19, 21 ; Shimonoseki, 
Japan, forts destroyed by United States," British and 
Dutch vessels, Sept. 5 ; Smithfield, Va., Feb. 1, April 
14, Aug. 29 ; Smith's Expedition from La Grange, 
Tenn., to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-18 ; Smith's raid from 
Germantown, Tenn., Feb. 10-25 ; Smith's Station, Ind. 
Ter., May 12 ; Snake Creek Gap, Ga., May 8, Oct. 15 ; 
Smoky Hill Co., May 16; Smoky Hill Crossing, Kan., 
Aug. 16 ; Snia Hills, Mo., April 29, May 21 ; Snicker's 
Ferry, Va., July 18 ; Snicker's Gap, 'Va., July 17 ; 
Snicker's Gap vicinity, Va., Aug. 13 ; Snicker's Gap 
Pike, Va., Aug. 19 ; Snydersville, vicinity, Miss., 
March 31; South Tunnel, Tenn., Oct. 10; Solomon's 
Gap, Frederick City, Md., July 7; Spoonville, Terre 
Noire Creek, Ark., April 2; Spottsvlvania Court 
House, Va., May 8-18; Springfield, W. Va., Feb. 3; 
Spring Hill, Tenn., Nov. 29 ; Stanardsville and Bur- 
ton's Ford, Rapidan,. Va., March 1 ; Statesboro, Ga., 
Dec. 4; Staunton Bridge, Va., June 24; Steamer 
Clara Bell, Carrolton Landing, Caroline Bend, Miss., 
July 24 : St. Marv's Trestle, Fla., July 26 ; St. Vrain's 
Old Fort, N. Mex., Nov. 25 ; Stone's Farm, Ark., 
April 5 ; Stone's Ferry, Ala., July 15 ; Stoney Creek, 
Va., June 28 ; Stoney Creek Station, Weldon Railroad, 
Va., May 7, Oct. 11, Dec. 1; Strasburg Reconnois- 
sance, Va., Oct. 13 ; Strawberry Plains, Tenn., Jan. 
10; Strawberry Plains, Va., Aug. 14-18; Stoneman's 
Raid to Macon, Ga., July 26-31; Suffolk, Va., March 
9; Sulphur Branch Trestle, Ala., Sept. 25; Sulphur 
Springs Bridge and White Post, Va., Aug. 11; Sum- 
mit Point, Va., Aug. 21; Swan Lake, Ark., April 
23; Sweetwater. Noses and Power Spring Creeks, 
Ga., Oct. 1-3; Swift's Creek, Va., May 9, 10; Syca- 
more Church, Va., Sept. 16; Sylvan Grove, Ga., 
Nov. 26. 
Tahkahokctty, Dak., July 28, Indian battle; Tallahat- 
chie River, Miss., Aug. 7-9 ; Tanner's Bridge near 
Rome, Ga., Mav 15; Tavlor's Bridge, Va., May 23- 
27; Taylorsville, Va., Felo. 29; Tazewell, Tenn., Jan. 
24; Ten Islands, Ala., July 14; Terrisville, Cosby 



BATTLES ON LAND. 49 

Creek, Tenn., Jan. 14; Thomas Station, Ga., Dec. 3; 
Tilton, Ga., Oct. 13 ; Tilton, Tenn., May 13 ; Tocopo- 
tomv, Va., May 29-31; Tocopotomy Creek, Va., May 
28;'Todd's Tavern, Va., Mav 8; Tom's Brook, Va., 
Oct. 9; Tracy City, Tenn.^, Jan. 20; Transport 
City Bell, near Snaggy Point, Red River, La., May 3 ; 
TreYellian Station, Va., June 11, 12; Tunica Bend 
vicinity. La., April 22; Tunnell Hill, Ga., Jan. 28, 
May 7 ; Tunnell Hill, Miss., Feb. 13 ; Tunstall Station, 
Va., March 3; Tupelo, Miss., July 13-15; Turman's 
Ferry, Ky., Jan. 9 ; Two Hills, Dak., Aug. 8. 

Union City, Ky., March 24; Union Station, Tenn., Nov. 
1-4; United States steamer, Empress, Miss., Aug. 10; 
Utoy Creek, Ga., Aug. 5, G. 

Vachie Grass, Ark., Sept. 2G ; Van Buren, Ark., 
Aug. 11; Varnell's Station, Ga., May 9; Vaughn, 
Miss., May 12; Vera Cruz, Ark., Nov. 3; Verona, 
Miss., Dec. 25; Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 13, July 4; 
Vicksburg and Jackson Expedition, Miss., July 3-9; 
Vicksburg and Meridian Expedition, Miss., Feb. 3- 
March 5 ;' Vadalia, La., Feb. 7, July 22. 

Waldron, Ark., Feb. 1 ; Walkerstown vicinity, Va., March 
2; Wallace's Ferry, Ark., July 26; Wall Bridge, Va., 
May 5; Walthal, Va., June IG; Waterproof, La., 
Feb. 14, 15, United States vessel participates, April 
20 ; Waugh's Farm near Batesville, Feb. 19 ; Wautauga 
Bridge, Tenn., April 25, 26 ; Waynesboro, Va., Sept. 
28, Oct. 2; Waynesboro and Brier Creek, Ga., Dec. 4; 
Welaka and Saunders., Fla., May 19; Weldon R. R., 
Va., June 22, 23; expedition, Dec. 7-11; West Point, 
Ark., June 16, July 28; West Point, Miss., Feb. 21; 
Westport, Mo., Oct. 23; Weyer's Cave, Va., Sept. 27; 
White House, Va., June 20; White House Landing, 
Va., June 21; White Oak Swamp Bridge, Va., June 
13; White's Bridge, Nottawav Creek, Va., May 9; 
White Post, Va., Dec. 6; White Post, W. Va., June 
13; White River, Ark., June 22, 24, United States 
vessels engaged, Oct. 22 ; Whiteside, Black Creek, Fla., 
July 27 ; Wierbottom Creek, Va., June 16 ; Wilderness, 
Va., May 5, 7; Willmarsh I^dand, S. C, Feb. 22; 
Wilson's Farm, La., April 7; Wilson's Landing, Va., 



50 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

June 11; Wilson's Eaid on the Weldon Railroad, Va., 
June 22-30; Wilson's Wharf Landing, Va., May 24; 
Winchester, Va., July 20, 24, Aug. 17 ; Wolf River, 
Tenn., April 8; Woodville, Miss., Oct. 6; Wormley's 
Gap, Va., Aug. 29; Wyatt's, Miss., Feb. 5. 
Yazoo Expedition, Miss., Feb. 1 -March 8, United States 
vessels participate ; Yazoo City vicinity, Feb. 28 ; Ya- 
zoo City, March 5 ; Yazoo City Expedition, May 4-13 ; 
Yazoo vicinity, Dec. 1 ; Yellow Tavern, near Rich- 
mond, Va., May 11, Oct. 1-5. 

1865. 

Aiken, S. C, Feb. 11; Amelia Springs, Va., April 
5; Ashby Gap, Va., Feb. 18; Ashland, Va., March 
15 ; Avery sboro, N. C., Nov. 16. 

Bentonville, N. C, March 19-21; Berryville, Va., April 
17; Beverly, W. Va., Jan. 11; Binnaker's Bridge, 
South Edisto River, S. C, Feb. 9 ; Blackville, S. C, 
Feb. 11 ; Bogler's Creek and Plantersville, Ala., April 
1 ; Boone, N. C, April 1 ; Boydton and White Oak 
Roads, Va., Nov. 31 ; Boyd's Station, Ala., March 18 ; 
Boykin's Mills, S. C, April 18. 

Catawa River, N. C, April 19 ; Cedar Keys, Fla., Feb. 
16 ; Centreville, Ala., April 1 ; Charleston, S. C, Feb. 
18 ; Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. ; Cheraw, S. C, 
Nov. 2, 3 ; Chesterfield, S. C, March 2 ; Clear Lake, 
Ark., March H ; CI ir.ton. La., March; Columbia, 
S. C, Feb. 16, 17; Columbus, Ga., April 16; Comba- 
hee River, S. C, Jan. 25; Congaree Creek, S. C, Feb. 
15; Coxes' Bridge, N. C, March 24. 

Dabney's Mills, Va., Feb. 5-7 ; Dallas, N. C, April 19 ; 
Dardanelle, Ark., Jan. 14 ; Deep River Bridge, N. C, 
April 4 ; Dinwiddle Court House, Va., March 31 ; 
Douglass Landing, Ark., Feb. 22 ; Dunn's Lake, 
Volusia Co., Fla., Feb. 5. 

Five Forks, Va., April 1 ; Florence, S. C, March 3 ; Fort 
Anderson, N. C, Feb. 18, IJnited States vessels par- 
ticipate; Fort Blakelev, Ala., April 9; Fort Bradv, 
Va., Jan. 24: Fort Fisher, N. C, Jan. 13-15; Fort 
Jones, Ky., Feb. 18; Fort Meyers, Fla., Feb. 20; 
Fort Steadman, Va., March 25; Fort Taylor, Ga., 
April 16 ; Franklin, Miss., Jan. 2. 



BATTLES OJSr LAND. 51 

Gunter's Bridge, S. C, Feb. 14; Grant's Creek, Salis- 
bury, N. C, April 12. 

Half Moon Battery, Sugar Loaf Hill, ^N". C, Jan. 19 ; 
High Bridge, Appamattox River, Va., April 6. 

Ivy Ford, Ark., Jan. 8. 

James Island, S. C, Feb. 10; Julesburg, Ind. Ter., 
Jan. 7. 

Kingston, N. C, March 14. 

Lowndesboro, Ala., April 10; Lynch Creek, S. C, Feb. 26. 

Macon, Ga., April 20; Mumford's Station, Blue Mount, 
Ala., Sept. 23 ; Mobile Siege, Ala., March 26-April 9 ; 
Monroe's Cross Roads, N. C, March 10; Montavallo 
and Six Mile Creek, Ala., March 31; Montgomery, 
Ala., April 12-13 ; Mount Clio, S. C, Feb. 26 ; Mount 
Crawford, Va., Feb. 29 ; Mount Pleasant, Ala., April 
1 ; Mud Springs, Ind. Ter., Feb. 8. 

Namozin Church and Willicomack, Va., April 3 ; Natural 
Bridge, Fla., March 6 ; Nauvoo, Ala., Jan. 2 ; Neuses 
River, N. C, April 10 ; No. Car. Western expedition, 
Jan. 29-Feb. 11 ; North Fork, Shenandoah, Va., March 
6 ; Northport, A\a., April 3. 

Olive Branch, La., ]\Iarch 6 ; Orangeburg, S. C, Feb. 12. 

Palmetto Ranch, Tex., May 13 ; Petersburg, Va., March 
25, captured April 2 ; Pine Barren Creek, Ala., March 
25; Pocotaligo, S. C, Jan. 14-16; Powhatan, Va., 
Jan. 25. 

Quaker Road, Gravelly Run, Va., March 29. 

Red Hill, Ala., Jan. 14; Rerock, Ariz., March 24; Rivers 
Bridge, Salkahatchie, S. C, Feb. 3-9; Rockingham, 
N. C, March 7 ; Rush Creek, Ind. Ter., Feb. 9, Indian 
battle. 

Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6; Salem, N". C, April 3; 
Scottsboro, Ala., Jan. 8 ; Scottsville, Ala., April 2 ; 
Selma, Ala., April 2 ; Smithfield, Ky., Jan. 5 ; Silver 
Run, Fayetteville, N. C, March 13; Simpsonville, 
Ky., Jan. 25; Sipsey Swamp, Ala., April 6; South 
Anna River, Va., March 15 ; South Fork, Ore., April 
16, Indian battle; Spanish Fort, Ala., March 26-April 
8, United States vessels participate ; Sugar Loaf Bat- 
tery, Federal Point, N. C, Feb. 11; Sumpterville, 
S. C, March 23, April 9 ; Suwano Gap, N. C, April 
23; Swift's Creek, April 19, 



52 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK, 

Talladega, Ala., April 22; Taylor's Hole Creek, N. C. 

March 15 ; Ten Miles from Columbus, Ivy., Jan. 18 

Thom Hill, Ala., Jan. 3 ; Tobosof kee, Ga., April 20 

Town Creek, N. C, Feb. 20; Trion, Ala., April 1 

Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 4. 
Waynesboro, Va., March 2 ; Whistler's Station, Ala., April 

13; Wilcox's Bridge, N. C, March 8-10 ; Williston, S. 

C, Feb. 8; Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 22; Wytheville, 

Va., April 3. 

CIVIL WAR PERIOD ENDS. 

1865, July 25, Indian Territory, Platte's Bridge Station 
attacked by Indians. 

18G7, x\ug. 16, Xebraska," Federal troops attack Sioux at 
Plum Creek; Xov. 24, Montana, Sioux defeated by 
Fourth Cavalry, in Big Horn Mountains. 

1868, Jan. 15, Montana, Gen. Miles defeats the Indians; 
Sept. 9-17, Kansas, Col. Gen. A. Forsyth has fight with 
Indians along Eepublican Eiver; Nov. 27, Gen. Custer 
defeats the Indians. 

1869, May 21, Kansas, Indians make raid on Eepublican 
Eiver. 

1871, June 11, Corean Forts destroyed by the United 
States vessels. 

1872, Nov. 29, Oregon, battle with Modocs on Lost Eiver. 

1873, Jan. 17, Oregon, Modocs defeat Federal troops ; iVpril 
15-27, Colorado, whites subdue Klamath Indians 
under Capt. Jack. 

1876, June 25, Montana, Gen. Custer's command destroyed 
by Indians under Sitting Bull, in ravine on Little 
Big Horn Eiver; Nov. 24, Sioux defeated by Fourth 
Cavalry at pass in Big Horn IMountains. 

1877, Jan. 5, Montana, Sioux defeated by Gen. Miles; 
Sept., Idaho, the Ncz Perces defeat United States 
troop?. 

1879, Sept. 29, Colorado, fight with Indians at Milk Creek; 

Oct. 5, Ute Indians attack L^nited States troops at 

Mill Creek ; Nov. 9, Gen. ]\Ierritt has encounter with 

Apache Indians. 
1889, Nov. 4, Arizona, Apaches ambush soldiers near Fort 

Huachuca. 



BATTLES ON LAND. 63 

ISOO, Dec. 13, South Dakota, conflict of United States 
troops with Sioux; Dec. 29, fight between Indians and 
Federal troops at Wounded Knee Creek. 

SPANISH WAR PERIOD BEGINS. 

1898, April 21, Spanish War Period begins; April 27, 
batteries at Matanzas, Cuba, bombarded by United 
States vessels; May 11, attack on Cienfuegos and Car- 
denas; May 31, forts at entrance of Santiago harbor 
bombarded by United States vessels; June 11-14, bom- 
bardment by United States ships at Camp McCalla; 
June 14-15, engagement at Guantanamo with the 
Spanish; June 14, 15, bombardment of Fort at 
Caimanera by United States vessels ; June 24, Juragua 
captured by Americans; June 24, Spaniards defeated 
at Las Guasimas; July 1, 2, Spanish earthworks at 
El Caney and San Juan, Santiago, Cuba, carried by as- 
sault; July 10, bombardment of Santiago by United 
States vessels; July 21, bombardment of Nipe by 
United States vessels; July 31, Americans repulse 
Spaniards at Malate (Philippines) ; Aug. 13, fight and 
bombardment by United States ships at Manila; 
Manila surrenders; July 31, Americans repulse Span- 
iards at Malate; Aug. 12, United States vessels bom- 
bard Manzanillo. 

1899, Feb. 4, conflict between Filipinos and Americans at 
Manila; Feb. 10, battle of Caloocan, Philippine Is- 
lands; March 13-19, Wheaton occupies Pasig; March 
21-30, MacArthur captures Malolos; April 1, attack 
on American and British naval forces at Apia, Samoa, 
by Mataafa's followers. 

SPANISH WAR PERIOD ENDS. 

1899, April 11, Spanish War Period ends; actual hostili- 
ties ceased Aug. 13, 1898 ; April 25-May 5, MacArthur 
captures Calumpit and San Fernando, Philippine Is- 
lands; June 26, Gen. Hall takes Calamba; Aug. 9, 
Americans defeat Spaniards at Coamo, Porto Rico; 
Sept. 28, MacArthur captures Porac, Philippine Is- 



54 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

lands; Oct. 1-10, Gen. Schwan captures Eosaris and 
Malabon; Nov. 7, Wheaton captures Dagupan; Nov. 
14, engagement near San Jacinto; Nov. 26, United 
States vessels capture Vigan; Dec. 19, American at- 
tack on San Mateo. 

1900, June 17, China, United States naval crews assist in 
capture of forts at Taku; June 20, expedition to 
Pekin repulsed; June 21, allied fleet shells Tien-Tsin; 
July 13, 14, Allies storm Chinese port of Tien-Tsin; 
Aug. 14, capture of Pekin. 

1901, March 23, Philippine Islands, Aguinaldo captured; 
Oct. 16, Samar, battle with Filipinos. 

BATTLES ON THE WATER. 

Chronological arrangement. In conflicts under this 
title both parties were on the water ; for conflicts in which 
one party was on land and the other on water, see the 
title "Battles on Land." The following periods are given, 
— "Colonial Period," "Revolutionary Period," "War of 
1812 Period," "Civil War Period" and "Spanish War 
Period." A conflict occurring in one of these periods, and 
not a part of the general war then existing, is readily dis- 
tinguished. 

COLONIAL PERIOD. 

1635, April, Maryland, pinnace battle on Pocomoke River 
between Warren and Cornwallis ; the principal incident 
of Clayborne's attack on the Colony of St. Mary's. 

1690, July 21, engagement between Capt. Thos. Paine and 
five French privateers near Block Island. 

1763, June 8, British fleet, off Cape Race, captures two 
vessels. 

COLONIAL PERIOD ENDS. REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD BEGINS. 

1775, April 19, Colonial Period ends, Revolutionary Period 
begins; May 5, Massachusetts, naval skirmish off 
Martha's Vineyard; May 11, British Margaretta cap- 
tured off Machias, Me. ; Nov. 29, Am. privateer cap- 
tures three Br. ships with military stores. 



BATTLES ON TUE WATER. 55 

1776, March 19, Br. brig defeats Am. Industry; April G, 
action between Br. Glasgow and her tender with the 
Am. Cabot, Columbus and Providence; April 7, Am. 
Alfred fights Br. Glasgow; April 17, Am. Lexington 
defeats Br. Edward; June 3, Am. boats defeat the 
tender of the Br. Nautilus; Am. Lady Washington de- 
feats Br. barges; June 13, Am. Tyrannicide defeats Br. 
Dispatch; June 17, Am. Defence defeats Br. trans- 
ports; July 6, Am. SacJiem defeats Br. privateer; Aug. 

12, Am. Andrea Dorea defeats Br. Raceltorse; Oct. 11, 

13, two contests on Lake Champlain; Benedict Ar- 
nold, Am. commander; Oct. 16, Am. Ranger defeats 
Br. privateer; Oct. 22, Am. Lee engages a Br. ship; 
Nov. 13, Am. Alfred defeats Br. transports; Nov. 16, 
Am. Industry engages Br. brig ; Nov. 22, Am. Lee en- 
gages Br. ship; Dec. 19, Am. Rover defeats Br. Africa. 

1777, March 7, Am. Randolph blown up by Br. Yarmouth; 
April 9, Am. Trumbull defeats Br. transports; April 
17, Capt. John Barry captures Br. Edivard; May 11, 
Am. Hancock defeats Br. Fox; Sept. 3, Am. Raleigh 
defeats Br. Druid; Sept. 20, Br. Alert defeats Am. 
Lexington; Dec. 2, Am. Massachusetts defeats Br. 
Lawnsdale. 

1778, April 24, Am. Ranger defeats Br. Drake; Sept. 18, 
Am. Vengeance defeats Br. Harriet; Oct. 28, Rhode 
Island, Am. Hawk captures Br. Pigot; Dec. 22, Am. 
Saratoga defeats Br. Chance. 

1779, Jan. 9, Am. Protector defeats Br. Admiral Duff; 
April 5, Am. Hibernia fights Br. brig-of-war; April 

14, Am. Hunter fights Br. armed ship ; May 7, Am. 
Providence defeats Br. Diligent; July 25, Am. Jason 
defeats Br. privateer; July 30, Am. Holker defeats 
Br. brig; Aug. 20, Am. Mars defeats Br. Active; 
Sept. 3, Georgia, Count d'Estaing's fleet captures part 
of British fleet under Sir James Wallace; Sept. 23, 
the Am. Bonhonime Richard and Pallas capture Br. 
Serapis and Countess of Scarborough; Oct. 15, Am. 
Vengeance defeats Br. Defiance; Oct. 31, Am. Norfolk 
defeats Br. Picaroons; Nov. 1, Br. Perseus defeats Am. 
Jason; Nov. 15, Am. Impertinent defeats Br. Harlem; 
Pec, 21^ Am, Sally en^a^es Br. transport^, 



56 THE AMEBIC AN DATE BOOK, 

1780, April 3, Am. boats defeat Br. Blach Snake; June 2, 
Am. Trumlidl engages Br. Watt; June 4, Am. Gen. 
Pickering defeats Br. Achilles; July 9, Am. Hazard 
defeats Br. Duff; Oct. 8, Am. Saratoga defeats Br. 
Molly. 

1781, Jan. 5^ Am. Pilgrim defeats Br. Mary; Feb. 17, Am. 
Holker defeats Br. Hypocrite; May 28, Am. Alliance 
engages Br. squadron, Alliance the victor; Aug. 7, 
Br. Iris defeats Am. Trumbull; Sept. 5, contest be- 
tween British and French fleets, at mouth of Chesa- 
peake Bay — De Grasse against Graves; Sept. 6, Am. 
Cor^^7^es5 'defeats Br. Savage; Dec. 4, Am. Prosperity 
defeats Br. privateer; Dec. 26, Am. St. James engages 
Br. armed ship. 

1782, April 8, Am. Hijder Ally defeats Br. Gen. Monk; 
June 4, Am. Charming Sally defeats Br. Revenge; 
Oct. 6, Am. Wasp captures Br. packet; Dec. 1, Am. 
Commerce engages Br. brig and schooners. 



REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD ENDS. 

1782, Nov. 30, Eevolutionary Period ends with treaty pre- 
liminary to peace, but the engagement last noted oc- 
curred afterward. 

1799, Feb. 9, Am. Constellation captures the French 
L'Insurgente. 

1800, Feb. i, Am. Constellation fights French La Venge- 
ance; Oct. 12, Am. Boston defeats French Berceau. 

1801, Aug. 1, Am. Enterprise defeats Tripolitan Tripoli. 

1803, Oct., Philadelphia taken by Tripoli tans. 

1804, Feb. 16, Tripoli harbor, Decatur burns the Phila- 
delphia previously captured by Tripolitans; Sept. 4, 
U. S. Intrcvid blown up in Tripoli harbor. 

1807, June 22. Br. Lco/Mr^Z captures Am. Chesapeake, one 
of the provocations to the "War of 1812." 

1811, April 6, Virginia, French privateer. Revanche du 
Cerf, burned at Norfolk by men in boats. 



BATTLES ON THE WATER. 57 



THE WAR OF 1812 PERIOD. 

1811, May 16, the "War of 1812" period actually begins 
here on the sea; it begins theoretically June 18, 1812 ; 
May 16, engagement of the Am. President and the 
Br. Little Belt. 

1812, Feb. 29, Br. Andromache defeats Am. Courier; 
April 11, Virginia, four British barges taken in Hamp- 
ton Eoads by U. S. Constellation and Jefferson; April 
25, Am. Surprise captures Br. brig Kutous; June 
23, Am. President defeats Br. Belvidere; July 11, Am. 
Decatur defeats Br. Commerce; July 22, Am. High- 
flyer defeats Br. Caledonia; July 31, Am. Julia de- 
feats Br. Gloucester; Aug. 1, Am. Yarihee defeats Br. 
Boijal Bounty; Aug. 3, Am. Atlas defeats Br. Platiter 
and Pursuit; Aug. 13, Am. Essex defeats Br. Alert; 
Aug. 19, Am. Constitution destroys Br. Guerriere; 
Sept. 2, two Br. ships defeat Am. Dolphin; Sept. 16, 
Am. Kossie defeats Br. Princess Amelia; Sept. 25, Am. 
Globe defeats Br. Sir Simon Clark; Sept. 28, Am. 
Nonsuch defeats Br. privateer; Oct. 8, 9, Br. Detroit 
and Caledonia captured opposite Buffalo, X. Y. ; Oct. 
18, Am. Wasp captures Br. Frolic; Br. Poicters cap- 
tures both; Oct. 25, Am. United States captures Br. 
Macedonian; Nov. 4, Am. Marengo defeats Br. 
Leonidas; Nov. 5, Am. Paul Jones defeats Br. Hassan; 
Dec. 6, Am. Montgomery defeats Br. armed ship; 
Dec. 10, Am. Saratoga defeats Br. Morgiana; Dec. 
12, Am. Essex captures -Br. Nocton; Dec. 29, Am. 
Constitution captures Br. Java. 

1813, Jan. 5, Am. Ultor prevails over Br. in boats; Jan. 
6, Am. Fox defeats Br. Lapwing ; Jan. 14, Am. Comet 
defeats Portuguese frigate; Jan. 26, Br. Iris defeats 
Am. Union; Feb. 1, Am. privateer Hazzard captures 
Br. Albion; Feb. 14, Br. boats capture Am. Lottery; 
Feb. 17, Br. Poicters defeats Am. Highflyer; Feb. 23, 
Br. boats overcome Am. Cora; Feb. 23, Albion re- 
captured by Br. Caledonia; Feb. 24, Am. Hornet 
captures Br. Peacock; Feb. 26, Am. Hazzard captures 
Br. Albion and Caledonia; March 1, Br. War spite de- 



58 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

feats Am. Canonnier; March 10, Am. Adeline sinks 
Jjt. Lottery in Chesapeake Bay; March 11, Am. Gciief-al 
Armstrong fights Br. frigate off Surinam Eiver; March 
17, Br. Zephyr defeats Am. Antelope; March 29, Br. 
Narcissus defeats Am. Revenge; April 3, Maryland, 
action on Chesapeake between 17 British barges and 4 
American vessels; April 12, Br. Medusa defeats Am. 
Canonnier; April 15, Br. squadron defeats Am. Dili- 
gent; April 28, Am. Yorktown captures the Br. Avery; 
April 29, Br. Montezuma, Policy and Georgiana, cap- 
ture Am. Essex; May 30, Am. Yankee captures Br. 
Thames; June 1, Br. Shannon captures Am. Chesa- 
peake; Aug. 5, Am. Decatur defeats Br. Dominica; 
Aug. 14, Br. Pelican captures Am. Argus; Sept. 4, 
Am. Enterprise captures Br. Boxer; Sept. 7, Am. 
Gen. Armstrong defeats Br. Queen; Sept. 10, Com. 
0. H. Perry with the Am. Lawrence, Niagara, Cale- 
donia, Scorpion, Ariel, Somers, Porcupine, Tigress and 
Trippe captures Br. Detroit, Queen Charlotte, Lady 
Provost, Little Belt, Hunter and Chippeiva on Lake 
Erie; Nov. 2, Am. Governor Tompkins defeats Br. 
Mary Ann; Nov. 8, Am. Glohe captures Br. packets; 
Nov. 10, Am. Saucy Jack defeats Br. Sherhrooke; 
Nov. 12, Am. Tom defeats Br. Townsend; Nov. 14, 
Am. Wily Renard defeats Br. ship. 
1814, Jan. 29, Br. capture the Am. Alligator; March 28, 
Br. Phoebe and Cherub capture Am. Essex; April 18, 
Am. York engages Br. Lord Somers; April 21, Br. 
Orpheus takes Am. Frolic; April 29, Am. Peacock 
captures Br. Epervier; April 30, Am. Saucy Jack de- 
feats Br. Pelham; June 28, Am. Wasp captures Br. 
Reindeer; Aug. 22, Am. Diomede defeats Br. Upton; 
Sept. 1, Am. Wasp captures Br. Avon; Sept. 11, battle 
of Lake Champlain; McDonough with 11 vessels de- 
feats British fleet of 16 vessels under Downie; Sept. 
21, Am. Wasp captures Br. Atlanta; Sept. 26, Br. 
boat squadron destroys Am. privateer General Arm- 
strong ; Oct. 3, Am. Saucy Jack defeats British troop- 
ship; Oct. 9, Am. Prince de Neuchatel defeats Br. 
Endymion; Dec. 10, Louisiana, British fleet defeats 
American squadron on Lake Bor^ne, 



BATTLES ON THE WATER. 59 

1815, Jan. 15, Am. President captured by Br. Endymion, 
Fomone, Tcnedos and Majestic; Jan. 28, Am, Surprise 
defeats Br. Star; Feb. 5, ^\.m. privateer Geo. Little 
captured by Br. Granicus; Feb. 20, Am. Constitution 
captures Br. Cyane and Levant; Feb. 23, Am. 
Hornet captures Br. Penguin; Feb. 25, Am. Chasseur 
defeats Br. St. Lawrence; March 2, Am. America de- 
feats Br. Elizaheth; March -1, Am. Aspasia captured 
by Br. Voluntaire; March 8, Br. Tiber captures Am. 
privateer Leo; June 17, Am.. Guerriere defeats Al- 
gerine Mashouda; June 17, Am. Decatur captures Al- 
gerine frigate off Gibralter; Juno 30, Am. Pcacoch 
captures Br. Nautilus; Dec. 3, Am. Kemp defeats 
armed British merchantmen. 

THE "war of 1812" PERIOD ACTUALLY ENDS HERE. 

1815, Dec. 3, the "War of 1812" Period actually ends here; 

it ends theoretically Feb. 17. 
1822, Small American naval force subdues pirates off 

Cuban coast, capturing more than 20 vessels. 
1859, June 25, China, Com. Tattnall assists English in 

engagement with Chinese on Peiho River. 

CIVIL WAR PERIOD BEGINS. 

1861, April 19, Civil War Period begins; June 3, South 
Carolina, Confed. privateer Savannah captured by 
U. S. Perry ; Oct. 12, Louisiana, Confed. ram Manassas 
strikes IT. S. Richmond. 

1862, March 3, Confed. Merrimac destroys U. S. Congress 
and Cumberland; March 9, U. S. Monitor defeats the 
Merrimac at Hampton Roads; May 4, naval fight 
near Memphis between Confed. ram Mallory and U. 
S. gunboat Cincinnati; both sink; May 5, Arkansas, 
Confederates make attack, with eight gunboats, on 
Union fleet at Fort Wright on Mississippi River ; May 
10, Tennessee, Confed. flotilla of eight gunboats at- 
tacks U. S. fleet before Fort Pillow, but is repulsed; 
June 6, flght between United States and Confederate 
flotillas in the rivey at Memphis, Tenn. ; July 15, 



60 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Confed. ram Arkansas engages part of the United 
States flotilla at mouth of Yazoo Eiver, Miss. 

1863, Jan. 11. Confed. Alabama captures U. S. Hatteras; 
Feb. 24, U. S. Indianola sunk by Confederates ; June 
17, U. S. WeehaivJcen captures Confed. Atlanta. 

1864, April 19, Confed. Albemarle rams U. S. Southfield; 
May 5, U. S. Sassaciis engages Confed. Albemarle; 
June 19, Kearsage sinks Alabama; Aug. 5, Mobile 
Bay, Ala., Farragut captures Confed. ram Tennessee: 
Oct. 27, Xorth Carolina, Lieut. W. B. Cushing and 
party blow up Confed. Albemarle with torpedo. 

1865, Jan. 17, South Carolina, Confederates blow up U. S. 
Patapsco with torpedo in Charleston harbor; Feb. 

28, Georgia, U. S. Montaiik destroys Confed. Nash- 
ville; March 1, U. S. Harvest Moon blown up by 
Confederate torpedo ; March 28, Confederates sink U. 
S. Milivankee before Fort Blakely with torpedo ; March 

29, U. S. Osage blown up by a Confederate torpedo. 

CIVIL WAR PERIOD ENDS. 

1865, May 26, Civil War Period ends. 

SPANISH WAR PERIOD BEGINS. 

1898, April 21, Spanish War Period begins; May 1, Amer- 
ican fleet destroys Spanish fleet in Manila harbor; 
June 6, Spanish Reina Mercedes sunk by American 
ships ; June 22, Am St. Paul repulses torpedo boat in 
Porto Eico waters ; July 3, Cervera's Spanish fleet de- 
stroyed by American fleet off Santiago, Cuba. 

SPANISH WAR PERIOD ENDS. 

1899, April 11, Spanish War Period ends. 



CONFEDERATION DATA. 61 

CONFEDEEATE STATES OF AMERICA, DATA. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

1860, Dec. 20, South Carolina, first State to secede. 

1861, Feb. 4, Southern Confederacy formed at Montgom- 
ery, Ala. ; Feb. 18, Jefferson Davis inaugarated Presi- 
dent; Feb. 22, permanent government established; 
March 11, Constitution adopted. 

Provisional Congress Sessions. — -Ist, Feb. 4-March 16, 

1861; 2d, April 29-Mav 22, 1861; 3d, July 20-Au^. 

22, 1861; 4th, Nov. 18,*^ 1861-Feb. 17, 1862. 
Permanent Constitution Congress. — First Congress; first 

session, Feb. 18-April 22, 1862; second session, Aug. 

12-Oct. 13, 1862; third session, Jan. 12-May 8, 1863; 

fourth session, Dec. 7, 1863-Feb. 18, 1864. Second 

Congress, first session, May 2-June 15, 1864; second 

session, N'ov. 7, 1864-March 18. 1865. 
Senate President, A. H. Stevens, V. P. ; R. M. T. Hunter, 

pro tern. 
Speaker, House of Rrepresentatives, T. S. Bocock. 
Flag, first displayed March 4, 1861, over State House, 

Montgomery, iila. ; adopted next day by Senate ; new 

design adopted by Senate, April, 1863 ; third design 

adopted by Senate, Feb. 4, ]I865. 
Great Seal, adopted April 30, 1863; no impression ever 

taken officially. 

CONFEDERATION DATA. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

1774, May 17, Declaration of Rights, Providence, R. I.; 
Oct. 21, Livingston's address "To the Inhabitants of 
the Several Anglo- American Colonies" adopted; Oct. 
21, Jay's address "To the People of Great Britain" 
adopted; Oct. 26, Dickenson's "Address to the In- 
habitants of the Province of Quebec" adopted; Oct^ 
26, "Petition of CQUgrq^s. to the King" adopted^ 



62 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1776, July 4, Declaration of Independence adopted. 

1777, Xov. 15, x\rticles of Confederation adopted by Con- 
gress, ratified and formally announced to the public 
March 1, 1781. 

1787, May 25, Convention met to revise Articles of Con- 
federation; Sept. 12 submitted present United States 
Constitution to Congress; Sept. 17, adjourned. 

Continental Congresses.— Ui, Sept. 5, 1774-Oct. 26, 1771, 
Philadelphia, Pa.; 2d, Mav 10, 1775-Dec. 12, 1776, 
Philadelphia, Pa. ; 3d, Dec"! 20, 1776-March 4, 1777, 
Baltimore, Md. ; 4th. March 4, 1777-Sept. 18, 1777, 
Philadelphia, Pa. : oth, Sept. 27, 1777-Sept. 27, 1777, 
Lancaster, Pa.; 6th, Sept. 30. 1777-June 27, 1778, 
York, Pa.; 7th, Julv 2. 1778-June 21, 1783, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. ; 8th, June 30, 1783-Xov. 4, 1783, Prince- 
ton, N". J.; 9th, Xov. 2Q, 1783-June 3, 1784, Annap- 
olis, Md.; 10th, Xov. 1, 1784-Dec. 24, 1784, Trenton, 
X. J.; 11th, Jan. 11, 1785-Xov. 4, 1785, New York, 
X. Y.; 12th, Nov. 7, 1785-Nov. 3, 1786, New York, 
N. Y.; 13th, Nov. 6, 1786-Oct. 30, 1787, New York, 
N. Y.; 14th, Nov. 5, 1787-Oct. 21, 1788, New York, 
N. Y. 

Continental Congress Presidents. — Peyton Kandolph, Vir- 
ginia, elec. Sept. 5, 1774, b. 1723, d. 1775. 

Henry Middleton, South Carolina, elec. Oct. 22, 1774, 
b. _, cl. — . 

Peyton Randolph, A^irginia, elec. May 10, 1775, b. 1723, 
d. 1775. 

Jno. Hancock, Mass., elec. May 24, 1775, b. 1737, d. 1793. 

Henrv Laurens, South Carolina, elec. Nov. 1, 1777, b. 1724, 
d. 1792. 

John Jay, New York, dec. Dec. 10, 1778, b. 1745, d. 1829. 

Samuel Huntington, Connecticut, elec. Sept, 28, 1779, b. 
1732, d. 1796. 

Thos. McKean, Pennsvlvania, elec. Julv 10, 1781, b. 1734, 
d. 1817. 

Jno. Hanson, Maryland, elec. Nov. 5, 1781, b. — , d. 1783. 

Elias Boudinot, New Jersev, elec. Nov. 4, 1782, b. 1740, d. 
182L 

Thos. Miffin, Pennsvlvania, elec. Nov. 3, 1783, b. 1744, d, 
1800, 



CONGRESSIONAL APPOMTIONMENTS. 63 

Richard Henry Lee, Virginia, elec. Nov. 30, 1784, b. 1732, 

d. 1794. 
Jno. Hancock, Massachusetts, elec. Nov. 23, 1785, b. 1737, 

d. 1793. 
Nathaniel Gorham, Massachusetts, elec. June 6, 1786, b. 

1738, d. 1796. 
Arthur St. Clair, Pennsylvania, elec. Feb. 2, 1787, b. 1735, 

d. 1818. 
Cyrus Griffin, Virginia, elec. Jan. 22, 1788, b. 1748, d. 

1810. 

COLONIAL CONGRESSES. 

1690, Mav, at New York City. 

1754, June 19, at Albany, N. Y. 

1765, Oct. 7, New York City, Stamp Act Congress. 



CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENTS. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

Constitution, 1781—1 to 20,000—65 Representatives. 
Act, April 14, 1792—1 to 33,000—105 Representatives. 
Act, Jan. 14, 1802—1 to 33,000—141 Representatives. 
Act, Dec. 21, 1810—1 to 35,000—181 Representatives. 
Act, March 7, 1822—1 to 40,000—212 Representatives. 
Act. May 22, 1832—1 to 47,000—240 Representatives. 
Act, June 25, 1842—1 to 70,680—223 Representatives. 
Act, Mav 23, 1850—1 to 93,420—234 Representatives. 
Act, March 4, 1862—1 to 126,840—241 Representatives. 
Acts, Feb. 2 and May 30, 1872—1 to 131,400—292 Repre- 
sentatives. 
Act, Feb. 28, 1882—1 to 151,911—325 Representatives. 
Act, Feb. 7, 1891—1 to 173,901—357 Representatives. 
Act. Jan. 6, 1901—1 to 197,677—386 Representatives. 



64 TSE AMERICAN BATE BOOK, 



CONGRESS. TEEMS. SESSIOIS^S AND POLITICAL 
COMPLEXION. 

The first Congress was held at New York City; second 
to sixteenth inclusive, at Philadelphia; all since at Wash- 
ington, D. C. Now all regular sessions begin first Monday 
in December ; all others are special. 

L (1) March 4, 1789-Sept. 29, 1789; Senate, 26 Federals, 
House, 53 Federals, 12 Democrats; (2) Jan. 4, 1790- 
Aug. 12, 1790; (3) Dec. 6, 1790-March 3, 1791, 
Senate, special, March 4, 1791. 

II. (1) Oct. 23, 1791-May 8, 1792; Senate, 17 Federals, 

13 Democrats, House, 55 Federals, 14 Democrats; 
(2) Nov. 5, 1792-March 2, 1793; Senate spec, March 
4, 1793. 

III. (1) Dec. 2, 1793-June 9, 1794; Senate, 18 Federals, 
13 Democrats, House, 51 Federals, 54 Democrats; 
(2) Nov. 3, 1794-March 3, 1795; Senate spec, June 
8-26, 1795. 

IV. (1) Dec 7, 1795-June 1, 1796 ; Senate, 19 Federals, 13 
Democrats, House, 46 Federals, 59 Democrats; (2) 
Dec 5, 1796-March 3, 1797; Senate, special, March 4, 
1797. 

V. (1) May 15-July 10, 1797; Senate, 21 Federals, 11 

Democrats, House, 51 Federals, 54 Democrats; (2) 
Nov. 13, 1797-July 16, 1798; (3) Dec 6, 1798-March 
3, 1799; Senate, special, July 17-19, 1798. 

VI. (1) Dec 2, 1799-May 14, 1800; Senate, 19 Federals, 
13 Democrats, House, 57 Federals, 48 Democrats; 
(2) Nov. 17, 1800-March 3, 1801; Senate, special, 
March 4, 5, 1801. 

VII. (1) Dec 7, 1801-May 3, 1802; Senate, 13 Federals, 
71 Democrats, House, 34 Federals, 71 Democrats; 
(2) Dec 6, 1802-March 3, 1803. 

VIII. (1) Oct. 17, 1803-March 27, 1804; Senate, 10 
Federals, 24 Democrats, House, 38 Federals, 103 
Democrats; (2) Nov. 5, 1804-March 3, 1805. 

IX. (1) Dec. 2, 1805-April 21, 1806; Senate, 7 Federals, 
27 Democrats, House, 29 Federals, 112 Democrats; 
(2) Dec 1, 1806-March 3, 1807. 



CONGRESS. 65 

X. (1) Oct. 26, 1807- April 25, 1808; Senate, 7 Federals, 

27 Democrats, House, 31 Federals, 110 Democrats; 

(2) Xov. 7, 1808-March 3, 1809; Senate, special, 

March 4, 1809. 
XL (1) May 22, 1809-June 28, 1809; Senate, 10 Federals, 

24 Democrats, House, 46 Federals, 95 Democrats; 

(2) Nov. 27, 1809-May 1, 1810; (3) Dec. 3, 1810- 

March 3, 1811. 

XII. (1) Nov. 4, 1811-July 6, 1812; Senate, 6 Federals, 
30 Democrats, House, 36 Federals, 105 Democrats; 
(2) Nov. 2, 1812-Marcli 3, 1813. 

XIII. (1) May 24, 1813-Aug. 2, 1813; Senate, 9 Federals, 
27 Democrats, House', 67 Federals, 115 Democrats; 
(2) Dec. 6, 1813-April 18, 1814; (3) Sept. 10, 1814- 
March 3, 1815. 

XIV. (1) Dec. 4, 1815-April 30, 1816 ; Senate, 12 Federals, 
26 Democrats, House, 61 Federals, 122 Democrats; 
(2) Dec. 2, 1816-Marcli 3, 1817; Senate, special, 
March 4-6, 1817. 

XV. (1) Dec. 1, 1817-April 28, 1818; Senate, 10 Federals, 
34 Democrats, House, 57 Federals, 128 Democrats; 
(2) Nov. 16, 1818-March 3, 1819. 

XVI. (1) Dec. 6, 1819-May 15, 1820; Senate, 10 Federals, 
36 Democrats, House, 42 Federals, 145 Democrats; 
(2) No- 13, 1820-March 3, 1821. 

XVII. (1) Dec. 3, 1821-May 8, 1822; Senate, 7 Federals, 
41 Democrats, House, 58 Federals, 129 Democrats; 
(2) Dec. 2, 1822-March 3, 1823. 

XVIII. (1) Dec. 1, 1823-May 27, 1824; Senate, 40 Demo- 
crats, 8 Whigs, House, 72 Federals, 141 Democrats; 
(2) Dec. 6, 1824-March 3, 1825; Senate, special, 
March 4-9, 1825. 

XIX. (1) Dec. 25, 1825-May 22, 1826; Senate, 38 Demo- 
crats, 10 Whigs, House,' 78 Federals, 134 Democrats; 
(2) Dec. 24, 1826-March 3, 1827. 

XX. (1) Dec. 3, 1827-May 26, 1828; Senate 37 Demo- 
crats, 11 Whigs, House, 85 Federals, 128 Democrats; 
(2) Dec. 1, 1828-March 3, 1829; Senate, special, 
March 4-17, 1829. 

XXI. (1) Dec. 7, 1829-May 31, 1830; Senate, 38 Demo- 



66 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK, 

crats, 10 Whigs, House, 142 Democrats, 71 Whigs; 
(2) Dec. 6, 1830-?vlarch 3, 1831. 

XXII. (1) Dec. 5, 1831-July 16, 1832; Senate, 35 Demo- 
crats. 13 Whigs, Rouse, 142 Democrats, 71 Whigs; 
(2) Dec. 3, 1832-March 2, 1833. 

XXIII. (1) Dec. 2, 1833-June 30, 1834; Senate, 30 Demo- 
crats, 18 Whigs, House, 147 Democrats, 93 Whigs; 
(2) Dec. 1, 1834-March 3, 1835. 

XXIV. (1) Dec. 7, 1835-July 4, 1836; Senate, 33 Demo- 
crats, 19 Whigs, House, 144 Democrats, 98 Whigs; 
(2) Dec. 5, 1836-March 3, 1837; Senate, special, 
March 4-10, 1837. 

XXV. (1) Sept. 4, 1837-Oct. 16, 1837; Senate, 31 Demo- 
crats, 18 Whigs, 3 Independents, House, 22 Democrats, 
28 Whigs, 10 Independents; (2) Dec. 4, 1837-July 9, 
1838; (3) Dec. 3, 1838-March 3, 1839. 

XXVI. (1) Dec. 2, 1839-July 21, 1840; Senate, 22 Demo- 
crats, 28 Whigs, 2 Independents; House, 103 Demo- 
crats^ 132 Whigs, 6 Independents, vacancy, 1; (2) 
Dec. 7, 1840-March 3, 1841; Senate, special, March 
4-15, 1841. 

XXVII. (1) May 31, 1841-Sept. 13, 1841; Senate, 22 
Democrats, 28 Whigs, 2 Independents, House, 103 
Democrats, 132 Whigs, 6 Independents. 1 vacancy; 
(2) Dec. 6, 1841-Aug. 31, 1842; (3) Dec. 5, 1842- 
March 3, 1843. 

XXVIII. (1) Dec. 4, 1843-June 17, 1844; Senate, 23 
Democrats, 29 Whigs, House, 142 Democrats, 81 
V/higs; (2) Dec. 2, 1844-March 3, 1845; Senate, 
snccial, March 4, 1815. 

XXIX. (1) Dec. 1, 1845-Aug. 10, 1846; Senate, 30 Demo- 
crats. 25 Whigs, 1 vacancy. House, 141 Democrats, 78 
WhjVs, 6 Americans; (2)^Dec. 7, 1846-March 3, 1847. 

XXX. (i)'Dec. 6, 1847-Aug. 14, 1848; Senate. 37 Demo- 
crats. 21 AVhi^s, House, 108 Democrats. 115 Whigs, 
4 Independents; (2) Dec. 4, 1848-March 3, 1849; 
Seuate. snccial. ^.Tarch 5, 1849. 

XXXI. (1) Dec. 3, 1849-Sept. 30, 1850; Senate, 35 Demo- 
crats, 25 WhipfR, 2 Free Soil, House. 118 Democrats, 
111 Whi<rs; (2)Dpc. 2, 1850-March 3. 1851. 

XXXII. (1) Dec! 1, 1851-Aug. 31, 1852; Senate, 36 Demo- 



crats. 23 Whigs, 3 Free Soil, House, 140 Democrats, 
88 Whigs, 5 Free Soil; (2) Dec. 6, 1852-March S] 
1853. 

XXXIII. (1) Dec. 5, l^SS-Aiig. 7, 1854; Senate, 38 Demo- 
crats, 22 Whigs, 2 Free Soil, House, 159 Democrats, 
71 W^higs, 4 Free Soil; (2) Dec. 4, 1854-March 4, 
1S55; Senate, special, March 4, 1853. 

::XXiy. (l) Dec. 3, 1855-Aug. is, 185G; Senate, 42 
Democrats, 15 Republicans, 5 Americans, House, 83 
Democrats, 108 Espublicans, 43 Americans; (2) Aug. 
21, 1856-Aug. 30, 185G; (3) Dec. 1, 1856-March 4, 
1857. 

XXXV. (1) Dec. 7, 1857-June 1, 1858; Senate, 39 Demo- 
crats, 20 Kepublicans, 5 Americans, House. 131 Demo- 
crats, 92 Republicans, 14 AiD.ericans; (2) Dec. G. 
1858-March 4, 1859; Senate, special, March 4, 1857 
and June 15, 1858. 

XXXVI. (1) Dec. 5, 1859- June 18, 1860; Senate, 38 
Democrats, 2G Republicans, 2 Americans, House, 101 
Democrats, 113 Republicans, 23 Inclepeiidents or 
Americans; (2) Dec. 3, 1860-March 4, 1861; Senate, 
special, March 4, 1859 and June 26, 1860. 

XXXVIL (1) July 4, 1861-Aug. 6, 1861; Senate, 10 
Democrats, 31 Republicans, 2 Union, House, 42 Demo- 
crats, 106 Republicans, 28 Union; (2) Dec. 2, 1861- 
July 17, 1862; (3) Dec. 1, 1862-March 4, 1863; 
Senate, special, March 4, 1861. 

XXXVIII. (1) Dec. 7, 1863-Juiy 4, 1864; Senate, 9 Demo- 
crats. 36 Republicans, 5 Union, House, 75 Democrats, 
102 Republicans, 9 Independents; (2) Dec. 5, 1864- 
March 4, 1865; Senate, special, March 4, 1863. 

XXXIX. (1) Doc. 4, 1865-July 28, 1866; Senate, 11 
Democrats, 41 Republicans, Hou-e, 40 Democrats, 145 
Republicans; (2) Dec. 3, 1866-March 4, 1867 ; Senate, 
special. March 4, 1865. 

XL. (1) March 4, 1867-March 30, 1867; Senate, 11 Demo- 
crats, 42 Renublicans, House, 49 Democrats, 143 Re- 
publicans; (2) July 3, 1867-Julv 20. 1867; (3) Xov. 
21, 1867-Dec. 2, 1867; (4) Dec. 2, 1867-July 27, 
1868 ; (5) Dec. 7, 1868-March 4, 1869 ; Senate, special, 
xVpril 1, 18G7. 



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XLI. (1) March 4, 1869-April 10, 1869 ; Senate, 11 Demo- 
crats, 58 Republicans, House, 78 Democrats, 151 Re- 
publicans; (2) Dec. 6, 1869-July 15, 1870; (3) Dec. 
5, 1870-March 4. 1871 ; Senate, special, April 22, 18G9. 

XLII. (1) March 4, 1871-April 20, 1871; Senate, 17 
Democrats, 57 Republicans, House, 103 Democrats, 
138 Republicans, 5 Liberal Republicans; (2) Dec. 4, 
1871-June 10, 1872; (3) Dec. 2, 1872-March 4, 1873; 
Senate, special. May 10, 1871. 

XLIIL (1) Dec. 1, 1873-June 23, 1874; Senate, 20 Demo- 
crats, 47 Republicans, 7 Liberal Republicans, House, 
92 Democrats, 194 Republicans, 14 Liberal Republi- 
cans,- (2) Dec. 7, 1874-March 4, 1875; Senate, special, 
March 4, 1873. 

XLIV. (1) Dec. 6, 1875-Aug. 15, 1876; Senate, 29 Demo- 
crats, 43 Republicans, 2 Liberal Republicans, House, 
168 Democrats, 107 Republicans; (2) Dec. 4, 1876- 
March 4, 1877; Senate, special, March 5, 1875. 

XLV. (1) Oct. 15, 1877-Dec. 3, 1877; Senate, 39 Demo- 
crats, 36 Republicans, 1 Liberal Republican, House, 
151 Democrats, 142 Republicans; (2) Dec. 3, 1877- 
June 20, 1878; (3) Dec. 2, 1878-March 4, 1879; 
Senate, special, March 5, 1877. 

XLVI. (1) March 18, 1879-July 1, 1879; Senate, 44 
Democrats, 32 Republicans, House, 148 Democrats, 
129 Republicans, 16 Independents; (2) Dec. 1, 1879- 
June 16, 1880; (3) Dec. 6, 1880-March 4, 1881. 

XLVII. (1) Dec. 5, 1881-Aug. 8, 1882; Senate, 38 Demo- 
crats, 37 Republicans, 1 Independent, House, 138 
Democrats, 146 Republicans, 10 Independents; (2) 
Dec. 4, 1882-March 4, 1883; Senate, special, March 
4, 1881 and Oct. 10, 1881. 

XLVIII. (1) Dec. 3, 1883-July 7, 1884; Senate, 36 Demo- 
crats, 38 Republicans, 2 Virginia Re-adjusters, 1 In- 
dependent, House, 198 Democrats, 124 Republicans, 1 
Independent; (2) Dec. 1, 1884-March 4, 1885. 

XLIX. (1) Dec. 7, 18S5-Au.o:. 5, 1886; Senate, 34 Demo- 
crats, 42 Republicans; House, 204 Democrats, 120 
Republicans, 1 Independent; (2) Dec. 6, 1886-March 
4, 1887; Senate, special, March 4, 1885. 

L. (1) Dec. 5, 1887-Oct. 28, 1888; Senate, 37 Democrats, 



cdKonEss. eg 

39 Republicans, House, 168 Democrats, 153 Republi- 
cans, 4 Independents; (2) Dec. 3, 1888-March 4, 
1889. 

LI. (1) Dec. 2, 1889-Oct. 1, 1890; Senate, 37 Democrats, 
39 Republicans, House, 159 Democrats, 166 Republi- 
cans; (2) Dec. 1, 1890-Marcli 4, 1891; Senate, special, 
March 4, 1889. 

LII. (1) Dec. 7, 1891-Aug. 5, 1892; Senate, 39 Demo- 
crats, 47 Republicans, 2 People's Party, House, 236 
Democrats, 88 Republicans, 8 People's Party; (2) 
Dec. 5, 1892-i\Iarch 4, 1893. 

LIIL (1) Aug. 7, 1893-Nov. 3, 1893; Senate, 44 Demo- 
crats, 38 Republicans, 3 People's Party, House, 220 
Democrats, 126 Republicans. 8 People's Party; (2) 
Dec. 4, 1893-Aug. 28, 1894;' (3) Dec. 3, 1894-March 
4, 1895; Senate, special, March 4, 1893-April 15, 
1893. 

LIV. (1) Dec. 2, 1895-June 11, 1896; Senate, 39 Demo- 
crats, 42 Republicans, 5 People's Party, House, 104 
Democrats. 246 Republicans. 7 People's Party; (2) 
Dec. 7, lS96-March 4, 1897.' 

LV. (1) March 15, 1897-July 24, 1897; Senate, 34 Demo- 
crats, 46 Republicans, 5 Populists, 2 Silver, 3 Inde- 
pendents, House, 134 Democrats, including 15 Fu- 
sionists, 206 Republicans, 16 Independents; (2) Dec. 
6, 1897-July 8, 1898 : (3) Dec. 5, 1898-March 4, 1899; 
Senate, special, March 4-10, 1897. 

LVI. (1) Dec. 4, 1899-June 7, 1900; Senate, 26 Demo- 
crats, 53 Republicans, 5 Populists, 2 Silver, 3 Inde- 
pendents, House, 163 Democrats, 185 Republicans, 6 
Populists, 3 Silver; (2) Dec. 3, 1900-March 4, 1901. 

LVII. (1) Dec. 2, 1901 ; Senate, 29 Democrats, 56 

Repulalicans, 1 Populist, 1 Independent, 1 Inde- 
pendent Republican; House, 153 Democrats, 198 Re- 
publicans, 5 Independents; Senate, special, March 
4-9, 1901. 



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CONSTITUTIONS— FEDEEAL AND STATE. 

The United States Constitution was submitted to Congress 
by the convention which framed it Sept. 12, 1787. It 
was submitted to the States, by Congress, Sept. 13, 
1787. It was ratified by the States in the following 
order: Delaware, Dec. 7, 1787; Pennsylvania, Dec. 
12, 1787 ; New Jersey, Dec. 18, 1787 ; Georgia, Jan. 2, 
1788; Connecticut, Jan. 9, 1788; Massachusetts, Feb. 
6. 1788; Maryland. April 28, 1788; South Carolina, 
Mav 23, 1788"; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Vir- 
ginia, June 25, 1788; New York, July 26, 1788; 
North Carolina, Nov. 21, 1789; Rhode Island, May 
29, 1790. The first ten amendments were added 
Dec. 15, 1791; the 11th, Jan. 8, 1798; the 12th, Sept. 
25, 1804; the 13th, Dec. 18, 1865; the 14th, July 
28, 1868; the 15th, March 30, 1870. 

The State Co7istitiitions were adopted in years as follows: 
Alabama, 1875; Arkansas, 1874; California, 1879; 
Colorado, 1876; Connecticut, 1818; Delaware, 1897; 
Florida, 1885; Georgia, 1877; Idaho, 1890; Illinois, 
1870 ; Indiana, 1S51 ; Iowa, 1S57 ; Kansas, 1859 ; Ken- 
tucky, 1891 ; Louisiana, 1898 ; Maine, 1875 ; Maryland, 
1867"; Massachusetts, 1780; Michigan, 1850; Minne- 
sota, 1858; Mississippi, 1891: Missouri, 1875; Mon- 
tana, 1889; Nebraska, 1875; Nevada, 1864; New 
Hampshire, 1793 ; New Jersey, 1844 ; New York, 1894, 
operative Jan. 1, 1895; North Carolina, 1875; North 
Dakota, 1889; Ohio, 1851; Oregon, 1859; Pennsyl- 
vania, 1873, operative Jan. 1. 1874; Rhode Island, 
1842; South Carolina, 1895;' South Dakota, 1889; 
Tennessee, 1870; Texas, 1876; Utah, 1896; Vermo^it, 
1793 ; Virginia, 1869 ; Washington, 1889 ; West Vir- 
ginia, 1872; Wisconsin, 1848; Wyoming, 1889. 

CONVENTIONS AND NOMINATIONS. 

Arrangement mainly chronological. Some of the con- 
ventions are not noniinathifj^ conventions. 
1787, "Convention of 1787" met May 25, adjourned Sept. 
13. 



CONVENTIONS AND NOMINATIONS. 71 

1787, Sept. 5, Pennsylvania, Anti-Federalist Con. at 
Harrisburg. 

1789, 1792, 1796, no nominations for President or Vice- 
President. 

1800,' Fed. Congressional caucus nominated John Adams 
for President and C. C. Pickney, Vice-President; 
Dem. Con. caucus, nominated Thomas Jeffer.-on for 
President, Aaron Burr, Vice-President. 

1804, Fed. Con. caucus nominated C. C. Pickney for Presi- 
dent and Euf us King, Vice-President ; Dem. Con, cau- 
cus nominated Thos. Jefferson, for President, George 
Clinton for Vice-President. 

1S08, Dem. Con. caucus nom. tTames Madison for Presi- 
dent, George Clinton, Vice-President; Fed. Con. cau- 
cus nom. C. C. Pickney for President, Rufus King, 
Vice-President. 

1812, Dem. Con. caucus nom. Jas. Madison for President, 
Elbridge Gerry, Vice-President; Fed. held a caucus 
in New York City and decided to support Geo. Clin- 
ton for President, Jared Ingersoll, Vice-President. 

1814, Dec. 15-Jan. 5, 1815, ^^Hartford Convention." 

1816, Dem. Con. caucus nom. James Monroe for President, 
Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice-President; Fed. Con. cau- 
cus nom. Eufus King, President, no nom. for Vice- 
President. 

1.820, no nominations made ; no opposition to President 
Monroe; Vice-President, D. T. Tompkins. 

1824, no recognized parties and no nominations ; the lead- 
ing candidates for President were : Henry Clay, John 
Q. Adams, \Ym. C. Crawford, Andrew Jackson ; John 
C. Calhoun was generally supported for Vice-Presi- 
dent. 

1828, no caucuses, but the legislatures of the States en- 
dorsed different candidates. 

1831, Sept. 26, Baltimore, Md., Anti-Masons nom. Wm. 
Wirt, President, Amos Ellmaker, Vice-President; 
Dec. 12, Baltimore, Md., Whigs nom. H. Clay, Presi- 
dent, Jno. Sergeant, Vice-President. 

1832, March 22, Baltimore, Md., Dem. nom. A. Jackson, 
President; M. Van Buren, Yice-Presidemt. 

1836, Whig ca,ndidates named by the several States were; 



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W. H. Harrison, D. Webster, W. P. Mangum, Presi- 
dent; and Jno. T^der, Francis Granger and Jno. Mc- 
Lean for Vice-President. 
1836, May 20, Baltimore, Md., Dem. nom. M. Van Buren, 
President ; R. M. Johnson, Vice-President ; a faction 
nom. H. L. White, President. 

1839, Nov. 13, Warsaw, N. Y., Liberty Party con., again 
at Albany, N. Y., April 1, 1840, nom. J. G. Birney, 
President; F. Lemoyne, Vice-President; Dec. 4-7, 
Harrisburg, Pa., Whigs nom. W. H. Harrison, Presi- 
dent; Jno. Tyler, Vice-President. 

1840, May 5, Baltimore, Md., Dem. nom. M. Van Burcn, 
President; no nom. Vice-President. 

1844, May — , Baltimore, Md., Whigs nom. H. Clay, 
President ; Theo. Frelinghuysen, Vice-President ; May 
27-29, Baltimore, Md., Dem. nom. J. K. Polk, Presi- 
dent; Geo. M. Dallas, Vice-President; Ang. 30, 
Buffalo, X. Y., Liberty Party, nom. J. G. Birney, 
President; Thos. Morris, Vice-President. 

1848, ]\Iay 22-26, Baltimore, Md., Dem. nom. Lewis Cass, 
President; W. 0. Butler, Vice-President; June 7, 8, 
Philadelphia, Pa., Whigs nom. Zach. Taylor, Presi- 
dent ; M. Fillmore, Vice-President; A.\\g. 9, 10, 
Buffalo, N. Y. ; Free Soilers nom. M. Van Buren, 
President; C. F. Adams, Vice-President. 

1850, June 2, Nashville, Tenn., con. of slave State dele- 
gates. 

1852, June 1-4, Baltimore, Md., Dem. nom. F. Pierre, 
President; W. R. King, Vice-President; June 16-19, 
Baltimore, Md., Whigs nom. W. Scott, President ; W. 
A. Graham, Vice-President; Aug. 11, Pittsburg, 
Pa., Free Soilers, nom. Jno. P. Hale, President; Geo. 
W. Julian, Vice-President. 

1854, May 25, Indianapolis, Ind., convention of revolting 
Democrats to denounce Kansas-Nebraska Bill. 

1856, Feb. 22-25, Philadelphia, Pa., Know Nothings nom. 
M. Fillmore, President; A. J. Donelson, Vice-Presi- 
dent; June 2-6, Cincinnati, 0., Dem. nom. Jas. 
Buchanan, President ; J. C. Breckenridge, Vice-Presi- 
dent; June 17, Philadelphia, Pa., Rep. nom. J. C. 
Fremont, President ; W,, L. Dayton, Yice-Presidcnt ; 



CONVENTIONS AND NOMINATIONS, 73 

Sept. 17, 18, Baltimore, Md.. Whigs ratified nom. of 
M. Fillmore, President; A. J. Donelson, Vice-Presi- 
dent. AT- 1 

1860, May 16-18, Chicago, 111., Rep. nom. A. Lincoln, 
President : H. Hamlin. Alce-President ; May 19, Balti- 
more, Md., Constitutional Union nom. John Bell, 
President; Edward Everett, Vice-President; June 11- 
28, Baltimore, Md., Dem. nom. J. C. Breckenridge, 
President ; Joseph Eane, Vice-President ; June 18-23, 
Baltimore, Md., Douglas Dem. nom. S. A. Douglas, 
President; H. V. Johnson, Vice-President. 

1861, Feb. 4, Washington, D. C, "Peace Conference' ; 
Frankfort, Ky., Border States Convention. 

1863, Nov., Illinois, Fenian Congress, Chicago. 

1864, Mav 31, Cleveland, 0., Pad. Rep. nom. J. C. Fre- 
mont"; President; J. C. Cochrane, Vice-President; 
June 7. Baltimore, Md., Rep. nom. A. Lincoln, Presi- 
dent ; A. Johnson, Vice-President ; Aug. 29, Chicago, 
111., Dem. nom. G. B. McClellan, President; Geo. H. 
Pendleton, Vice-President. ^^ 

1866, Aug., Philadelphia, Pa., "Arm-in-Arm-Convention. 

1868, Mav 20, 21, Chicago, 111., Rep. nom. U. S. Grant, 
President; S. Colfax, Vice-President; July 4-11, New 
York City, Dem. nom. H. Seymour, President ; F. P. 
Blair, Vice-President. 

1869, Jan. 13, District of Columbia, Nat. Con. Colored 
Men, Washington, D. C. ; July 4-5, Chicago, IlL, 
Irish Nat. Rep. Con.; Sept. 12, Chicago, 111., Nat. 
Prohibition. 

1872, Feb. 21, 22, Columbus, 0., Labor Reform, nom. D. 
Davis, President; Joel Parker, Vice-President; can- 
didates declined; O'Conor and Adams afterward en- 
dorsed; Feb. 22, Columbus, 0., Prohibition, nom. Jas. 
Black, President; Jno. Russell, Vice-President; May 
1, Cincinnati, 0., Lib. Rep. nom. Horace Greeley, 
President; B. G. Brown, Vice-President; May 23, 
New York City, Working Men nom. IT. S. Grant, 
President; H. "^ Wilson, Vice-President; June 5, 6, 
Philadelphia. Pa., Rep. nom. IL S. Grant, President.; 
H. Wilson, Vice-President; June 21, New York City, 
Lib. Rep. nom. W. S. Grossbeck, President; F. L. 
Olmstead, Vice-?rQsident ; July 9, Baltimore, Md.^ 



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Dem. ratified nom. of Greeley and Brown; Aug. 22, 
Philadelphia, Pa., Labor Eeform, nom. Chas. O'Conor, 
President; Eli Sanlsbury, Vice-President; Sept. 3-5, 
Louisville, Ky., Pad. Dem. nom. C. O'Conor, Presi- 
dent; J. Q. Adams, Vice-President; Sept. 25, Louis- 
ville, Ky., Lib. Colored Piep. nom. Greeley and Brown. 

1874, Syracuse, N". Y., American Party Convention. 

1875, June 9, Pittsburg, Pa., Americans nom. J. B. Walker, 
President. 

1876, May 11, Cleveland, 0., Prohibition, nom. Green Clav 
Smith, President; G. T. Stewart, Vice-President"; 
May 17, 18, Indianapolis, Ind., Groenbackers nom. P. 
Cooper, President ; S. F. Carey, Vice-President ; Juno 
14, 15, Cincinnati, 0., Rep. nom. R. B. Hayes, Presi- 
dent; \V. A. Wheeler, Vice-President; June 27-29, 
St. Louis, Mo., Dem. nom. S. J. Tilden, President; 
T. A. Hendricks, Vice-President. 

1878, Feb'. 22, Toledo, ()., N"ational Greenback Con. 

1880, June 9-11, Chicago, 111., Greenbackers nom. J. B. 
Weaver, President; B. J. Chambers, Vice-President; 
June 17, Cleveland, 0., Prohibition nom. Xeal Dow, 
President ; June 22-24, Cincinnati, 0., Dem. nom. W. 
S. Hancock, President; W. H. English, Vice-Presi- 
dent ; June 23, Chicago, 111., Rep. nom. J. A. Garfield, 
President; C. A. Arthur, Vice-President. 

1883, Sept. 24, Kentucky, Nat. Con. of Colored Men, 
Louisville. 

1884, May 14, Chicago, 111., Anti-Monopoly Con. nom. B. 
F. Butler, President; May 28, Indianapolis, Ind., 
Greenbackers nom. B. F. Butler, President; A. M. 
West, Vice-President; June 3-6, Chicago, 111., Rep. 
nom. J. G. Blaine, President ; J. A. Logan, Vice-Presi- 
dent; June 19, Chicago, 111., Am. Prohibition, nom. 
S. C. Pomeroy, President; Jno. A. Conant, Vice- 
President; July S-11, Chicago. 111., Dem. nom. G. 
Cleveland, President; T. A. Hendricks, Vice-Presi- 
dent; July 23, Pittsburg. Pa., Prohibition nom. Jno. 
P. St. John, President; Wm. Daniel, Vice-President; 
Sept. 20, San Francisco, Cal., Equal Rights, nom. 
Belva A. Lockwood, President; Marietta L. Stone, 
Vice-President, 



CONVENTIONS AND NOMINATIONS. 76 

1886, Sept. 16, Chicago, National Conference of Anti- 
Saloon Republicans. 

1887, Feb. 23, Cincinnati, 0., Union Labor Party Con. 

1887, Sept. 16, 17, Philadelphia, Pa., American Party Con. 

1888, May 16, Cincinnati, 0., Union Labor nom. A. J. 
Streator, President; C. E. Cunningham, Vice-Presi- 
dent; May 16, Cincinnati, 0., United Labor nom. E, 
H. Gowdrey, President; W. H. T. Wakefield, Vice- 
President; May 30, 31, Indianapolis, Ind., Prohibi- 
tion nom. C. B. Fisk, President ; Jno. A. Brooks, Vice- 
President; June 8, St. Louis, Mo., Dem. nom. G. 
Cleveland, President ; A. G. Thurman, Vice-Presi^ 
dent; June 21, Chicago, 111., Rep. nom. B. Harrison, 
President : L. P. Morton, Vice-President. 

1892, June 7, Minneapolis, Minn., Rep. nom. B. Harrison, 
President; W. Reid, Vice-President; June 21, Chicago, 
111., Dem. nom. G. Cleveland, President ; A. E. Steven- 
son, Vice-President; June 28, Cincinnati, 0., Prohi- 
bition nom. John Bidwell, President; J. B. Cranfill, 
Vice-President. 

1892, Nov. 15, Tennessee, Nat. Farmers^ Alliance Conven- 
tion at Memphis. 

1893, Jan. 24, Illinois, National Farmers' Alliance Con- 
vention at Chicago. 

1895, May 30, Ohio Nat. Municipal League, in Cleveland. 
1895, Sept. 27, Illinois, Irish Nat. Convention at Chicago. 

1895, Dec. 28, Missouri, Conference of Populists at St. 
Louis. 

1896, May 28, Pittsburg, Pa., Prohibition nom. Joshua 
Levering, President; Hale Johnson, Vice-President; 
May 29, Pittsburg, Pa., National Party nom. C. E.' 
Bentley, President; J. H. Southgate, Vice-President; 
Juine 18, St. Louis, Mo., Rep. nom. Wm. McKinley, 
President; G. A. Hobart, Vice-President; July 9, 
New York, City Socialist Labor nom. C. H. Matchett, 
President; Matthew Maguire, Vice-President; July 
10, Chicago, III, Dem. nom. W. J. Bryan, President; 
Arthur Sewall, Vice-President; July 23, St. Louis, 
Mo., Silver Con. endorsed Bryan and Sewall — electors 
to vote for whom they chose for Vice-President ; July 
25^ St. Louis, Mo., People's Party nom. W. J. Bryan, 



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President; Thos. Watson, Vice-President; Sept. 3, 
Indianapolis, Ind., Nat. Dem. nom. Jno. M. Palmer, 
President; S. B. Buckner, Vice-President. 
1897, July 7, Tennessee, Populists Nat. Conference at 
Nashville. 

1897, Aug. 25, St. Louis, Mo., Nat. Con. of the "American 
Party." 

1898, Jan. 25, Indiana, ]\Ionetary Con. at Indianapolis. 

1899, May 31, Bimetallic League Con, in Louisville, Ivy. 

1899, Sept. 19, New York, League of Amer. Municipalities 
Con. at Syracuse. 

1900, Feb. 12, Illinois, Anti-trust conference at Chicago. 
1900, May 2, Eock Island, 111., United Christian nom. S. 

C. Swallow, President ; J. G. Wooley, Vice-President ; 
May 10, Sioux Falls, S. D., Populist-Fusion nom. Vv\ 
J. Bryan, President; C. A. Towne, Vice-President; 
May ^10, Cincinnati, 0., Populist (Middle-of-the- 
Eoad) nom. Wharton Barker, President; I. Donnelly, 
Vice-President; June 2-8, New York City Socialist 
Labor nom. J. F. Malloney, President; V. Eemmcl, 
Vice-President; June 19-21, Philadelphia, Pa., Eep. 
nom. Wm. McKinley, President; Theo. Eoosevelt, 
Vice-President; June 27, 28, Chicago, 111., Prohibi- 
tionists nom. J. G. Wooley, President; H. E. Metcalf, 
Vice-President; July 6, Kansas City, Silver Eep. en- 
dorse W. J. Bryan, President ; July 7, Nat. Com. en- 
dorsed A. E. Stevenson for Vice-President; Aug. IG, 
Indianapolis, Ind., Anti-Imperialist League recom- 
mend W. J. Bryan for President ; Sept. 5, New York 
City, National Party nom. Donald Caffery, President ; 
A. M. Howe, Vice-President; both declined. 

DEPAETMENT HEADS. 

Chronological arrangement. The figures following the 

names denote the years of appointment. 

Secretaries of State, department established by Act of July 
27, 1789. 

Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, 1789; Edmund Eandolph, 
Virginia, 1794; Timothy Pickering, Massachusetts, 
1795, 1797; John Marshall, Virginia, 1800; James 



DEPARTMENT HEADS. 77 

Madison, Virginia, 1801 ; Kobcrt Smith, Maryland, 
1809; James Monroe, Virginia, 1811; John Qaincy 
Adams, Massachusetts, 1817; Henry Clay, Kentucky, 
1825 ; Martin Van Buren, New York, 1829 ; Edward 
Livingston, Louisiana, 1831; Louis McLane, Dela- 
ware, 1833; John Forsyth, Georgia, 1834, 1837; Dan- 
iel Webster, Massachusetts, 1841 ; Hugh S. Legarc, 
South Carolina, 1843; Abel P. Upshur, Virginia, 
1843; John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, 1844; James 
Buchanan, Pennsylvania, 1845 ; John M. Clayton, 
Delaware, 1849 ; Daniel Webster, Massachusetts, 1850 ; 
Edward Everett, Massachusetts, 1852 ; William L. 
Marcy, New York, 1853; Lewis Cass, Michigan, 1857; 
Jeremiah S. Black, Pennsylvania, 1860 ; William H. 
Seward, New York, 1861, 1865; Elihu B. Washburn, 
Hlinois, 1869; Hamilton Fish, New York, 1869; Wil- 
liam M. Evarts, New York, 1877; James G. Blaine, 
Maine, 1881; F. T. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey, 1881; 
Thomas F. Bavard, Delaware, 1885 ; James G. Blaine, 
Maine, 1889; John W. Foster, Indiana, 1892; Walter 
Q. Gresham, Illinois, 1893; Richard Olney, Massa- 
chusetts, 1895 ; John Sherman, Ohio, 1897 ; William 
R. Day, Ohio, 1897; John Hay, Ohio, 1898, 1901. 

Secretaries of the Treasury, department established by Act 
of Sept.' 2, 1789. 

Alexander Hamilton, New York, 1789; Oliver Wolcott, 
Connecticut, 1795, 1797; Samuel Dexter, Massachu- 
setts, 1801; Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania, 1801, 
1809; George W. Campbell, Tennessee, 1814; Alex- 
ander J. l3allas, Pennsvlvania, 1814; William H. 
Crawford, Georgia, 1816,^1817; Richard Rush, Penn- 
sylvania, 1825 ; Samuel D. Ingham, Pennsylvania, 
1829; Louis McLane, Delaware, 1831; William J. 
Duane, Pennsylvania, 1833 ; Roger B. Taney, Mary- 
land, 1833; Levi Woodburv, New Hampshire, 1834, 
1837; Thomas Ewing, Ohio, 1841; Walter Forward, 
Pennsvlvania, 1841 ; John C. Spencer, New York, 
1843;" George M. Bibb, Kentucky, 1844; Robert J. 
Walker, Mississippi, lS-15; William M. Meredith, 
Pennsylvania, 1849; Thomas Corwin, Ohio, 1850; 
James Guthrie, Kentucky, 1853; Howell Cobb. 



78 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Georgia, 1857; Philip F. Thomas, Maryland, 
1860; John A. Dix. Xew York, 1861; Salmon 
P. Chase, Ohio, 18G1; William P. Fessenden, 
Maine, 1864; Hugh McCulloch, Indiana, 1865; 
George S. Boutwoll, Massachusetts, 1869; Wm. 
A. Eichardson, Massachusetts, 1873 ; Benjamin H. 
Bristow, Kentucky, 1874; Lot. M. i^Iorrill, Maine, 
1876 ; John Sherman, Ohio, 1877 ; William Windom, 
Minnesota, 1881 ; Charles J. Folger, Xew York, 1881 ; 
Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana, 1884; Hugh McCul- 
loch, Indiana, 1884; Daniel Manning, STcw York, 
1885; Charles S. Fairehild, ^Q^Y York, 1887; William 
Windon, Minnesota, 1889 ; Charles Foster, Ohio, 1891 ; 
John G. Carlisle, Kentucky, 1893 ; Lyman J. Gage, 
Illinois, 1897; Leslie M. Shaw, Iowa, 1902. 

Secretaries of War, department established by Act of Aug. 
7, 1789. 

Henry Knox, Massachusetts, 1789; Timothy Pickering, 
Massachusetts, 1795 ; James McHenry. Maryland, 
1796-1797; John Marshall, Virginia, 1800; Samuel 
Dexter, Massachusetts. 1800; Roger Griswold, Con- 
necticut, 1801 ; Henry Dearborn, Massachusetts, 1801 ; 
William Eustis, Massachusetts, 1809 ; John Arm- 
strong, New York, 1813; James Monroe, Virginia, 
1814; William H. Crawford, Georgia, 1815; Isaac 
Shelby, Kentucky, 1817; Geo. Graham, Virginia, 
1817;' John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, 1817; James 
Barbour, Virginia, 1825 ; Peter B. Porter, New York, 
1828; John H. Eaton, Tennessee, 1829; Ix^wis Cass, 
Ohio, 1831; Benjamin F. Butler, New York, 1837; 
Joel R. Poinsett, South Carolina, 1837; John Bell, 
Tennessee, 1841 ; John McLean, Ohio, 1841 ; 
John C. Spencer, New York, 1841 ; James M. Porter, 
Pennsylyania, 1843; William Wilkins, Pennsylvania, 
1844; William L. Marcy, New York, 1845 ; George W. 
Crawford, Georgia, 1849 ; Edward Bates, Missouri, 
1850; Charles M. Conrad, Louisiana, 1850; Jefferson 
Davis, Mississippi, 1853; John B. Floyd, Virginia, 
1857 ; Joseph Holt, Kentucky, 1861 ; Simon Cameron, 
Pennsylvania, 1861; Edwin ^M. Stanton, Ohio, 1862; 
1865; U. S. Grant, Illinois, 1867; Lor. Thomas, Illi- 



DEPARTMENT HEADS. 79 

nois, 1868 ; John M. Schofield, New York, 1868 ; John 
A. Kawlins, Illinois, 1869; William T. Sherman, 
Ohio, 1869 ; William W. Belknap, Iowa, 1869 ; Al- 
phonso Taft, Ohio, 1876; James D. Cameron, Penn- 
sylvania, 1876 ; George W. McCrary, Iowa, 1877 ; Alex- 
ander Ramsey, Minnesota, 1879 ; Robert T. Lincoln, 
Illinois, 188i; William C. Endicott, Massachusetts, 
1885; Redfield Proctor, Vermont, 1889; Stephen B. 
Elkins, West Virginia, 1891; Daniel S. Lamont, New 
York, 1893; Russell A. Alger, Michigan, 1897; Elihu 
Root, New York, 1899. 
Secretaries of the Navy, department established by Act of 

April 430, 1789. 
George Cabot, Massachusetts, 1798; Benjamin Stoddert, 
Maryland, 1798-1801 ; Robert Smith, Maryland, 1801; 
Jacob Crowninshield, Massachusetts, 1805 ; Paul Ham- 
ilton, South Carolina, 1809; William Jones, Penn- 
sylvania, 1813; B. W. Crowninshield, Massachusetts, 
1814, 1817; Smith Thompson, New York, 1818; 
Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey, 1823, 1825 ; Jolin 
Branch, North Carolina, 1829 ; Levi Woodbury, New 
Hampshire, 1831; Mahlon Dickerson, New Jersey, 
1834, 1837; James K. Paulding, New York, 1838; 
George E. Badger, North Carolina, 1841; Abel P. 
Upshur, Virginia, 1841; David Henshaw, Massachu- 
setts, 1843 ; Thomas W. Gilmer, Virginia, 1844 ; John 
Y. Mason, Virginia, 1844; George Bancroft, Massa- 
chusetts, 1845; John Y. Mason, Virginia, 1846; Wil- 
liam B. Preston, Virginia, 1849 ; William A. Graham, 
North Carolina, 1850 ; John P. Kennedy, Maryland, 
1852; James C. Dobbin, North Carolina, 1853; Isaac 
Toucey, Connecticut. 1857; Gideon Welles, Connecti- 
cut, 1861, 1865; Adolph E. Borie, Pennsylvania, 
1869 ; George M. Robeson, New Jersey, 1869 ; Richard 
W. Thompson, Indiana, 1877; Nathan Goff, Jr., West 
Virginia, 1881; William H. Hunt, Louisiana, 1881; 
William E. Chandler, New Hampshire, 1882 ; William 
C. Whitney, New York, 1885; Benjamin F. Tracy, 
New York, 1889; Hilary A. Herbert, Alabama, 1893; 
John D. Long, Massachusetts, 1897. 



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Secretaries of the Interior, department established by Act 
of March 3, 1849, as the "Home" department. 

Thomas Ewing, Ohio, 1849; James A. Pearce, Maryland, 
1850; Thos. M. T. McKernon, Pennsylvania, 1850; 
Alexander H. H. Stuart, Virginia, 1850; Kobert Mc- 
Clelland, Michigan, 1853 ; Jacob Thompson, Missis- 
sippi, 1857; Caleb B. Smith, Indiana, 1861; John P. 
Usher, Indiana, 1863, 1865; James Harhm, Iowa, 
1865; Orville H. Browning, Illinois. 1866; Jacob D. 
Cox, Ohio, 1869; Columbus Delano, Ohio, 1870; 
Zachariah Chandler, Michigan, 1875 ; Carl Schurz, 
Missouri, 1877 ; Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa, 1881 ; 
Henry M. Teller, Colorado, 1882 ; Lucius Q. C. Lamar, 
Mississippi, 1885 ; William F. Vilas, Wisconsin, 1888 ; 
John W. Noble, Missouri, 1889 ; Hoke Smith, Georgia, 
1893; David R. Francis, Missouri, 1896; Cornelius N. 
Bliss, New York, 1897; Ethan A. Hitchcock, Missouri, 
1899. 

Secretaries of Agriculture, department established by Act 
of Feb. 9, 1889. 

Norman J. Coleman, Missouri, 1889; Jeremiah M. Rusk, 
Wisconsin, 1889 ; J. Sterling Morton, Nebraska, 
1893; James Wilson, Iowa, 1897. 

Postmasters-General, established by Act of May 8, 1794. 

Samuel Osgood, Massachusetts, 1789; Timothy Pickering, 
Massachusetts, 1791; Joseph Habersham, Georgia, 
1795, 1797, 1801; Gideon Granger, Connecticut, 
1801, 1809; Return J. Meigs, Jr., Ohio, 1814, 1817; 
John McLean, Ohio, 1823, 1825 ; William T. Bariy, 
Kentucky, 1829; Amos Kendall, Kentucky, 1835, 
1837; John M. Niies, Connecticut, 1840; Francis 
Granger, New York, 1841 ; Charles A. Wickliffe, Ken- 
tucky, 1841; Cave Johnson, Tennessee, 1845; Jacob 
Collamer, Vermont, 1849; Nathan K. Hall, New 
York, 1850; Samuel D. Hubbard, Connecticut, 1852; 
James Campbell, Pennsylvania, 1853 ; Aaron V. 
Brown, Tennessee, 1857; Joseph Holt, Kentucky, 
1859 ; Horatio King, Maine, 1861 ; Montgomery Blair, 
Maryland, 1861 ; William Dennison, Ohio, 1864, 1865 ; 
Alexander W. Randall, Wisconsin, 1866; John A. J. 
Cresswell, Maryland, 1869; James W. Marshall, Vir- 



DEPARTMENT HEADS, 81 

ginia, 1874; Marshall Jewell, Connecticut, 1874; 
James N. Tyner, Indiana, 1876; David M. Kye, Ten- 
nessee, 1877; Horace Maynard, Tennessee, 1880; 
Thomas L. James, New York, 1881; Timothy 0. 
Howe, Wisconsin, 1881; Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana, 
1883; Frank Hatton, Iowa, 1884; William F. Vilas, 
Wisconsin, 1885 ; Don M. Dickinson, Michigan, 1888 ; 
John Wanamaker, Pennsylvania, 1889; Wilson S. 
Bissell, New York, 1893; William L. Wilson, West 
Virginia, 1895; James A. Gary, Maryland, 1897; 
Charles Emory Smith, Pennsylvania, 1898 ; Henry C. 
Payne, Wisconsin, 1902. 

Atorneys-General, established by Act of Sept. 24, 1789; 
made head of department June 22, 1870. 

Edmund Eandolph, Virginia, 1789 ; William Bradford, 
Pennsylvania, 1794; Charles Lee, Virginia, 1795, 
1797; Theophilus Parsons, Massachusetts, 1801; Levi 
Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1801 ; Robert Smith, Mary- 
land, 1805; John Breckinridge, Kentucky, 1805; 
Caesar A. Ptodney, Delaware, 1807, 1809; William 
Pinkney, Maryland, 1811; Richard Rush, Pennsyl- 
vania, 1814, 1817; William Wirt, Virginia, 1817, 
.1825; John McP. Berrien, Georgia, 1829; Roger B. 
Taney, Maryland, 1831; Benjamin F. Butler, New 
York, 1833, 1837; Felix Grundy, Tennessee, 1838; 
Henry D. Gilpin, Pennsylvania, 1840; John J. 
Crittenden, Kentucky, 1841 ; Hugh S. Legare, 
South Carolina, 1841; John Nelson, Maryland, 
1843; John Y. Mason, Virginia, 1845; Nathan 
Clifford, Maine, 1846 ; Isaac Toucey, Connecti- 
cut, 1848 ; Reverdy Johnson, Maryland, 1849 ; 
John J. Crittenden, Kentucky, 1850; Caleb 
Cushing, Massachusetts, 1853 ; Jeremiah S. Black, 
Pennsvlvania, 1857; Edwin M. Stanton, Ohio, 
1860; Edward Bates, Missouri, 1861 ; Titian J. Coifey, 
Pennsylvania, 1863 ; James Speed, Kentucky, 1864, 
1865; Henry Stanbery, Ohio, 1S66; William M. 
Evarts, New York, 1868; Ebenezer R. Hoar, Massa- 
chusetts, 1869; Amos T. Ackorman, Georgia, 1870; 
George H. Williams, Oregon, 1871 ; Edwards Pierre- 
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Charles Devens, Massachusetts, 1877; Wayne Mac- 
Veigh, Pennsylvania, 1881 ; Benjamin H. Brewster, 
Pennsylvania, 1881 ; Augustus H. Garland, Arkansas, 
1885; William H. H. :\[iller, Indiana, 1889; Eichard 
Olney, Massachusetts, 1893 ; Judson Harmon, Ohio, 
1895; Joseph McKenna, California, 1897; John W. 
Griggs, New Jersey, 1897; P. C. Knox, Pennsylvania, 
1901. 

DISASTERS. 

1. Epidemics; 2. Fires; 3. Floods; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. 
Railroads ; 6. Shipping ; 7. Winds. Chronological arrange- 
ment under each heading. For earthquakes see "Natural 
Phenomena." 

1. — EPIDEMICS. 

1699, Pennsylvania, yellow fever in Philadelphia. 

1702, New York City, yellow fever. 

1712, North Carolina, yellow fever. 

1721, Massachusetts, small pox attacks 6,000 people in and 

near Boston. 
1730, Massachusetts, small pox in Boston, loss 500 lives. 
1732, South Carolina, yeilov/ fever prevalent. 
1752, Massachusetts, Boston, loses 550 people by small pox. 
1762, Oct., Pennyslvania, Philadelphia, yellow fever rages. 
1776-77, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, small pox and camp 

fever cause 2,500 deaths. 
1790, Aug. 1, New York City, yellow fever rages. 

1793, Aug., Nov., Pennsylvania, yellow fever in Phila- 
delphia; 5,000 deaths. 

1794, Aug., Oct., Maryland, Baltimore, yellow fever. 
1794-95, Oct. 6, '94 — July 19, '95, New York City, yellow 

fever, 700 deaths. 

1797, Aug., Nov., Pennsylvania, yellow fever at Phila- 
delphia ; 1,292 deaths. 

1798, Aug., Nov., Pennsylvania, yellow fever kills 3,645 
persons in Philadelphia; 2,086 in New York. 

1800, Maryland, yellow fever, kills 1,000 people in Balti- 
more. 



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1802, Philadelphia, yellow fever. 
1805, New York, yellow fever. 

1819, yellow fever in Southern cities. 

1820, Summer, Ga., yellow fever in Savannah. 

1822, Aug., Sept., New York City and Brooklyn, yellow 
fever. 

1823, Mississippi, Natchez, yellow fever. 

1824, Summer, Louisiana, yellow fever, New Orleans. 
1832, June, Oct., New York, cholera in New York City; 

4,000 die; also in Albany and Eochester; also in 
Philadelphia, Pa., 935 deaths; also in New Orleans, 
La., loss one-sixth of population. 

1849, Summer and Fall, cholera; New York City and 
Brooklyn, 3,000 deaths; Buffalo, 2,000; Boston, 
5,080; also epidemic in Michigan, in Milwaukee, 
Philadelphia, St. Louis, Nashville and Chicago. 

1852, June, Sept., La., yellow fever in New Orleans, 11,- 
000 deaths in two months. 
\/' 1853, yellow fever in many Southern cities; 7,200 deaths 
in New Orleans. 

1854, July, Illinois, cholera in Chicago. 

1855, Sept., cholera on the Uncle Sam; 111 deaths; sum- 
mer, Virginia, yellow fever at Norfolk and Ports- 
mouth. 

1867, Aug., Louisiana, yellow fever in New Orleans and 
in the Southwest; summer, New York City, 390 
cases of yellow fever at quarantine. 

1871-72, Pennsylvania, small pox, 4,464 deaths. 

1872, Oct., epidemic called "epizootic,'^ among horses, 
partially suspends trade. 

1877, Louisiana, yellow fever in New Orleans ; about 4,500 
deaths. 

1878, July 12, Louisiana, yellow fever in New Orleans; 
7,000 deaths reported in the South. 

1879, Sept., Tennessee, yellow fever at Memphis. 

1888, Nov. 17, Florida, yellow fever at Jacksonville; 396 
deaths. 

1893, Sept. 17, Georgia, yellow fever at Brunswick. 

1894, March 28, New York City, small pox. 

1897, Sept. 15, Mississippi, yellow fever panic at Jackson. 



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1897, Oct. 3, Louisiana, yellow fever rages in New Orleans; 
Oct. 24, Alabama, yellow fever rages in Montgomery. 

1898, Oct. 7, Mississippi, yellow fever rages; Oct. 8, 
Louisiana, yellow fever rages. 

1901, Jan. 10, Missouri, St. Louis reports 10,000 cases 
of grip. 

2. — FIRES. 

1679, Aug. 8, 9, Massachusetts, Boston, 88 dwellings and 
70 warehouses. 

1711, Oct. 2, Massachusetts, Boston, 100 buildings and 
some lives lost. 

174.0, Nov. 18, South Carolina, nearlv one-half of Charles- 
ton. 

17G0, March 20, Massachusetts, Boston, one-tenth of, de- 
stroyed. 

1786, April 24, Massachusetts, Boston, 100 houses. 

1788, March 21, Louisiana, seven-eighths of Mev/ Orleans. 

1794, Dec. 8, Louisiana, New Orleans, 212 houses. 

1796, June 20, South Carolina, 300 houses at Charleston; 
Nov. 25, Georgia, 350 houses at Savannah. 

1805, June 1, Michigan, Detroit destroyed. 

1811, May 19, New York City, 100 houses; Dec. 26, Vir- 
ginia, Richmond theatre, 75 lives lost; Dec. 31, 
Massachusetts, at Newburyport, 200 buildings. 

1813, Nov. 22, New Hampshire, 300 buildings at Ports- 
mouth. 

1819, Dec, North Carolina, Wilmington, loss over $1,000,- 
000. 

1820, Jan. 11, Georgia, one-half of Savannah; June 20, 
New York, Troy, loss nearly $1,000,000. 

1829, April 3, Georgia, Augusta, 300 buildings. 
1831, May 29, North Carolina, Fayetteville destroyed. 

1834, Dec. 16, New York City, 529 buildings and property 
worth $18,000,000 destroyed. 

1835, Dee. 15, District of Columbia, Patent Office and post 
office at Washington; Dec. 16-17, New York CitA^, 
693 buildings; loss $20,000,000. 

1838, April 27. South Carolina, Charleston, 1,158 build- 
ings; loss $3,000,000. 



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1839, Julv 6, Maine, large portion of Eastport; Sept. 6, 
New "York City, 46 buildings; loss $10,000,000; 
Sept. 9, Alabama, Mobile has great fire. 

1815, April 10, Pennsvlvania, Pittsburg; 100 buildings; 
loss $6,000,000; June 28, New York City, 1,300 
dwellings; July 19, New York City, 345 buildings, 
loss $6,000,000'. 

1846, Julv 13, Massachusetts, Nantucket, 300 buildings, 
valued at $800,000. 

1848, May 10, Michigan, great fire in Detroit; Aug. 17, 
New York, several hundred buildings at Albany, $1,- 
000,000 loss ; Aug. 24, the Ocean Monarch of Boston 
burned; 170 liveAost; Sept. 9, New York, 300 build- 
ings, loss $1,500,000 ; Brooklyn, $1,500,000 ; Albany, 
$3,000,000. 

1849 May 17, Missouri, St. Louis, 23 steamboats and lo 
blocks of houses, loss about $3,000,000; Aug. 17, 
New York, xVlbany, 600 buildings, also steamboats, 
loss $3,000,000 ; Sept. 27, New York, Owego almost 
destroyed; Dec. 21, California, great fire at San Fran- 
cisco. 

1850, June 14, California, great fire in San Francisco; 
July 9, Pennsylvania, fire in Philadelphia, 367 build- 
ings destroved; explosion kills 28 persons and injures 
58, $1,000,000 loss; Aug. 24, New Hampshire, busi- 
ness part of Concord destroyed. 

1851, March 12, California, Nevada City, 200 buildings, 
loss $1,300,000; May 3, California, San Francisco, 
2,500 buildings, $3,500,000 loss; May 11, California, 
Stockton, loss $1,500,000; June 22, California, San 
Francisco, 500 buildings, $3,000,000 loss; Sept. 26, 
New York, Buffalo, 200 buildings; Dec. 24, District 
of Columbia, Washington, fire consumes part of 
Capitol, and whole of Congressional Library. 

1852, Feb. 1, Ohio, State House' at Columbus; March 31, 
Boston, Tremont Temple ; Nov. 2, California, Sacra- 
mento, 2,500 buildings, $5,000,000 loss. 

1853, Dec. 10, New York City, Harper Bros, publishing 
house, $1,000,000 lofrs. 

1854 Aug. 25, New York, Trov, more tlian 100 buildings; 
Oct. 28, Ohio, Cleveland, $2,000,000 loss. 



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1856, Feb. 17, South Carolina, Charleston almost de- 
stroyed; Nov. 8, New York, Syracuse, 100 buildings. 

1858, Oct. 5, New York City, Crystal Palace, $1,000,000 
loss. 

1860, Feb. 2, New York City, Elm Street, 50 lives lost. 

1861_j Nov. 14, New Hampshire, much of business part of 
Concord burned; Dec. 11, South Carolina, Charleston, 
loss $5,000,000. 

1863, May 10, New York, Troy, 671 buildings, $3,000,000 
loss. 

1864, Feb. 8, Connecticut, Colt's Armory at Hartford, loss 
$1,000,000. 

1865, April 2, Virginia. Richmond, business part of city 
burned. 

1866, July 4, Maine, Portland, 1,500 buildings, loss $10,- 
000,000 to $15,000,000. 

1868, Jan. 28, Hlinois, Chicago, loss $3,000,000. 

1871, Oct., Micliigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, great 
forest fires; Oct. 8, Illinois, Chicago, the great fire, 
burns 73 miles of street, loss $200,000,000 ; Oct. 8, 9, 
Wisconsin, forest fire, bordering on Green Bay, loss 
1,000 lives, $3,000,000 property. 

1872, Nov. 9-11, Massachusetts, the great fire in Boston, 
burns about 80 acres, loss about $80,000,000. 

1873, Mav 30, Massachusetts, Boston, loss $1,500,000; 
Julv 25, Marvland, Baltimore, $1,000,000 loss. 

1874, Julv 14, Wisconsin, Oshkosh, loss $1,000,000; July 
14, Chicago, 346 buildings, loss $4,000,000 ; Sept. 19, 
Massachusetts, cotton mills at Fall River, 60 lives 
lost. 

1875, April 28, Wisconsin, Oshkosh, $2,000,000 loss ; May 
27, Massachusetts, fire at French Catholic Church at 
Holyoke, 75 deaths caused by panic ; Oct. 26, Nevada, 
Virginia City destroved, loss $4,000,000; Pennsyl- 
vania, Osceola, loss $2,000,000. 

1876, Feb. 8^' New York City, Broadway, 30 buildings, 
loss $2,000,000 ; Dec. 5, New York, Brooklyn Theatre, 
295 persons killed. 

1877, March 6, New York City, Broadway, $1,500,000 
loss ; Dec. 20, New York City, Greenfield candy works, 
50 to 60 lives lost. 



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1878, March 2, Nevada, Keno, $1,000,000 loss. 

1880, ]S"ov. 15, Minnesota, asylum for insane at St. Peter, 
30 lives lost. 

1881, Sept., Michigan, forest fires devastate 1,800 square 
miles in Huron, Sanilac and Tuscola counties, 2,900 
families burned out; 138 lives lost. 

1882, New Hampshire, Haverhill, loss $2,000,000. 

1883, Jan. 10, Wisconsin, Newhall House, Milwaukee, 71 
deaths; Oct. 3, Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Exposition 
Society's Buildings, loss $1,000,000. 

1884, Feb. 28, Pennsvlvania, Philadelphia, loss $1,500,000. 

1885, Feb. 19, Philadelphia, loss $3,000,000. 

1887, May' 27, New York Citv, fire suffocates 1,200 horses. 

1889, Feb. 2, New York, Buffalo, loss $3,000,000; April 7, 
North Carolina, fire nearly destroys Smithfield, 28 
houses and 32 stores consumed; April 13, New York 
City, North Eiver front, loss $3,000,000; July 1, 
Colorado, Durango almost totally destroyed; July 2, 
Idaho, business portion of Hailey destroyed, loss 
$500,000; July 4, Washington, Ellensburg, loss $2,- 
000,000; July G, California, Bakersfield nearly de- 
stroyed, loss $1,250,000; Aug. 5, Washington, Spo- 
kane Falls, loss $10,000,000; Nov. 2G, 28, Massa- 
chusetts, Boston, loss $5,000,000. 

1890, Jan. 25, Ohio, $3,000,000 loss at Cincinnati; July 
7, Pennsylvania, Pioseville nearly destroved, 23 build- 
ings, including a church; July 27, Idaho, Wallace de- 
stroyed. 

1891, April 29, Tennessee, 20 buildings at Chattanooga; 
July 25, Texas, Dallas, $2,000,000 loss; Nov. 16, 
Missouri, St. Louis, loss $1,500,000. 

1892, Jan. 10, Massachusetts, Boston, loss $1,055,000; 
April 3, Louisiana, New Orleans, loss $2,050,000; 
May 12, New Mexico, Capitol at Santa Fe, loss $1,- 
000,000'; Au^. 27, New York City, ]\Ietropolitan 
Opera House,^los3 $1,000,000; Aug. 28, Colorado, 20 
square miles of timber destroyed, from Tin Cup to 
Texas Creek; Aug. 30, Washington, Conconully al- 
most destroyed; Oct. 28, Wisconsin, fire at Milwaukee, 
over 26 acres, loss $5.000,000 ; Oct. 31, New Jersey, 
forest fires iiQar Franklin Park^ burns 1^000 acr^s of 



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timber; Pennsylvania, oil on fire at Oil Creek, 100 
lives lost. 

1893, March 10, Massaclinsetts, Boston, loss $5,000,000 
and several lives; April 1, Nebraska, fire between 
Ogallala and Preston, burns 20 miles of country; 
May 21, Michigan, forest fires at Saginaw destroy 
12 lives and $1,500,000 property; June 7, North 
Dakota, business portion of Fargo destroyed, loss $2,- 
500,000; Aug. 13, Minnesota, Minneapolis,' loss $2,- 
000,000; Aug. 24, Chicago, 150 houses, loss $650,000; 
Sept. 25, Mo., St. Joseph, loss $1,000,000; Sept. 26, 
South Dakota, Lead City; Oct. 27, Pennsylvania, 
Pittsburg, loss $1,000,000; Nov. 22, Massachusetts, 
Springfield, loss $1,000,000. 

1894, Jan. 30, Toledo, loss $1,000,000; Jan. 8, Illinois, 
World's Fair Buildings, Chicago, loss $2,000,000; 
April 12, New York, American Glucose Works in 
Buffalo, loss $1,200,000; May 15, Massachusetts, 
Boston, 177 buildings; Aug. 1, Illinois, Chicago, loss 
$3,000,000; Sept. 4, Minnesota, forest fires, 16 towns 
destroyed, 20 partly, hundreds of lives lost; Oct. 13, 
Mississippi, Biloxi nearly destroyed. 

1895, Jan. 16, Montana, explosion in Butte causes fire; 
great loss of life and property; July 12, Northern 
Michigan, great damage by forest fires; Aug. 19, 
Colorado, hotel fire in Denver ; great loss of life ; Dec. 
31, New York, Albany, Delavan House, 16 persons 
killed. 

1896, Feb. 2, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, loss $1,000,000 ; 
April 25, Colorado, Cripple Creek, damage $1,000,- 
000; Aug. 26', Michigan, fire destroys all but 12 
dwellings in Ontonagon. 

1897, Feb. 2, State Capitol of Pennsylvania; April 8, 
Tennessee, Knoxville, loss $2,000,000; May 3, Penn- 
sylvania, Pittsburg, loss $3,000,000. 

1899,'^Feb. 15, New York, five buildings in Brooklyn navy 
yard, loss over $1,000,000; April 30, Nebraska, de- 
structive prairie fire sweeps over State, great damage 
to property; May 26, New York, Coney Island, dis- 
astrous fire. 

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Hoboken; hundreds of lives lost, $10,000,000 of 

property; July 15, Arizona, Prcpcott, loss $1,000,- 
000; Dec. 30, Illinois, Chicago, $1,000,000 damage. 
1901, Jan. 8, New York, Orphan asylum at Rochester, 26 
perish; May 3, Florida, Jacksonville, 148 blocks 
burned, $15,000,000 loss. 

3. FLOODS. 

1816, May 6, Louisiana, part of New Orleans flooded for 

nearly a month. 
1830, July, New York, terrific rains and flood, Champlain 

region. 
1832, Feb. 19, Ohio River rises 63 feet, great loss. 
1844, June, immense loss by rise of Mississippi River. 
1849, March, Louisiana, New Orleans streets ten feet under 

water, damage $60,000,000. 
1851, June, vast floods in upper Missouri and Mi'risissippi. 
1856, Aug., Last Island, summer resort in Gulf of Mexico, 

submei'ged in storm, 300 persons drowned. 
1858, June 12, Illinois, Cairo submerged by Mississippi. 
1864, April, Colorado, great flood at Denver. 
1866, Sept., destructive flood sweeps the Ohio River and 

its tributaries. 

1868, July 24, Maryland, Baltimore, great flood; July, 
Maryland, Patapsco River, loss $3,000,000, several 
lives lost. 

1869, July, Texas, rivers rise 47 feet, loss several millions 
of dollars. 

1870, Sept. 28, Virginia, James River rises about 24 feet 
in 2 days, loss $3,000,000. 

1874, May 16, Massachusetts, Williamsburg, Leeds and 
Haydensville almost destro3red by bursting of a reser- 
voir on Mill River, 144 lives lost, $1,500,000 property 
lost ; July 24, Nevada, at Eureka, waterspout kills 30 
persons; July 25, 26, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburg, 
cloudburst, 134 drowned, loss $500,000 ; July 26, 27, 
Pennsylvania, rivers in western part of the State over- 
flow, 200 persons drov/ned near and in Pittsburg 
and Alleghany City. 

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26, Kansas, cloudburst near Hayes City; Aug. 31, 
Utah, cloudburst r.oar Chalk C-cek. 

1877, Sept. 12, Colorado, cloudburst in Colorado desert de- 
stroys 400 feet of railroad track ; Xov. 16, California, 
cloudburst at Eed Bluff. 

1879, June 13, Dakota, cloudburst at Beaver Creek, 11 
drowned. 

1881, June 11, Missouri, cloudburst at Seven Star Springs, 
5 drowned; June and after, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri 
and Minnesota, have great floods; Aug. 6, Arizona, 
cloudburst near Vv^ickenburg ; Aug. 8, Colorado, cloud- 
burst at Central City. 

1882, March, great floods on Mississippi Eiver and tribu- 
taries, 85,000 people made destitute; July 2, Cali- 
fornia, cloudburst destroys Indian settlement. 

1883, Feb. 10-15, Ohio and Kentucky, Cincinnati and 
Louisville partly submerged by great flood ; Feb., great 
floods in Pennsylvania, 50,000 people rendered home- 
less. 

1881:, Feb. 12-13, Ohio, great flood of the Ohio Eiver, 
thousands homeless, loss $500,000; June 10, Nevada, 
cloudburst in Humboldt County; June 22, Montana, 
cloudburst near Jefferson, 3 drowned. 

1885, July 26, Colorado, cloudburst near Pike's Peak, 2 
drowned. 

1886', May 19, Ohio, waterspout devastates Xenia, loss 100 
houses and 25 lives; Aug. 20, Texas, 38 lives lost, 
$5,000,000 damages at Galveston. 

1S89, Mav 31, Pennsvlvania, Johnstown flood, loss of lives, 
2,142; property\$10,000.000 ; May 31, and June 1, 
Pennsylvania, great floods in valley of Conemaugh, 
Susquehanna and upper waters of the Genesee and 
Potomac Elvers, $30,000,000 loss; June, Maryland, 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal wrecked by flood on the 
Potomac. 

1890, Feb. 23, Arizona, dam bursts at Hulapias Eiver, 40 
lives lost,' property damage, $1,000,000. 

1892, May 18, Iowa, flood wave in the Floyd Eiver, at 
Sioux Citv, 8.000 people homeless: May 21, Missouri, 
flood at St. Louis, damage $11,000,000; June 5, 
Pennsylvania, dam at Spartansburg bursts^ over 1,00 



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lives lost; Illinois, levee breaks on the Mississippi 
River, 80 square miles of territory flooded. 

1893, Aug. 6, Maine, reservoir of the Portland Water Com- 
pany bursts, 4 lives' lost; Sept. 29, Michigan, 28 miners 
drowned in Mansfield by overllow of Michigamme 
River. 

189-1-, June 4, Oregon, great floods at Portland. 

1895, April 9, disastrous floods in New England and 
Middle States. 

1897, April 28, Oklahoma, Guthrie overwhelmed by flood 
with loss of life. 

1899, July 5, Texas, floods destroy vast amount of prop- 
erty, 800 lives lost. 

1901, April 20, Pennsylvania and Ohio, severe floods at 
Pittsburg and Cincinnati; June 23, West Virginia, 
Elkhorn River, 200 lives and $2,000,000 property loss. 

4. MISCELLANEOUS. 

1819, first national financial crisis. 

1841, Aug. 20, Xew York, explosion at Syracuse, kills 26 

persons. 
1843, Feb. IG, IS^ew York, landslide at Troy, 18 persons 

killed. 

1850, Feb. 4, N'ew York, 75 persons killed by street explo- 
sion. 

1851, Nov. 27, New York, catastrophe in school house. 43 
scholars killed. 

1854, May 1, Connecticut, Connecticut River 29^ feet above 
low water mark. 

1855, March 19, Virginia, Midlothian coal mines explode, 
45 miners perish. 

1860, Jan. 10, Massachusetts, Pemberton, cotton mill at 
Lawrence collapses, 117 persons killed. 

1869, Sept. 24, New York, "Black Friday." 

1870, x\pril 27, Virginia, galleries of the Capitol at Rich- 
mond break down, 60 persons killed, 120 wounded. 

1873, Jan. 7-9, Minnesota, snow storm causes loss of 70 
lives; April 8, New York, building at Rochester gives 
way, 30 persons drowned ; May 4, Illinois, falling 
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York, financial panic precipitated by suspension of 
Jay Cooke and Company. 

1877, Dec. 20, Xew York, explosion in Greenfield's con- 
fectionery works, causes death of 50 persons. 

1878, May 2, Minnesota, Washburn Flour Mills explode, 
loss $1,500,000. 

1883, July 23, Maryland, near Baltimore, pier on the 
Patapsco Eiver falls, 70 people killed. 

1888, Jan. 11-13, Western blizzard kills 200; March 12-14, 
Atlantic blizzard kills 400. 

1889, Feb. 17, Connecticut, Hartford, Park Central Hotel 
collapses, 50 persoiis buried. 

1890, Feb., Idaho, Burke nearly destroyed by avalanche; 
May 15, Pennsylvania, 31 men buried by rock-fall in 
mine at Ashley; June 16, Pennsylvania, 31 miners 
killed by explosion in mine at Hill Farm, Dunbar; 
Sept. 7, Washington, explosion buries 45 men under 
rock at Spokane Falls. 

1891, Jan. 27, Pennsylvania, 100 miners killed by explo- 
sion of fire-damp near Mt. Pleasant; Aug. 22, New- 
York City, building on Park Place collapses, GO killed. 

1892, Jan. 8, Indian Territory, coal mine explosion at Mc- 
Alster, 100 killed, 115 injured. 

1893, Jan. 11, Colorado, 24 miners killed by mine explo- 
sion near Como ; June 9, District of Columbia, Wash- 
ington, Ford's Opera House collapses, kills 21 and in- 
jures many; June 18, Louisiana, two serious crevasses 
occur near New Orleans, loss $1,000,000. 

1894, April 24, Washington, mine disaster, Franklin, 37 
killed. 

1895, Feb. 27, New Mexico, explosion in a coal mine, kills 
40 miners; March 21, Wyoming, mine explosion, 60 
lives lost ; Aug. 19, Colorado, boiler explosion in Den- 
ver hotel, kills 25 ; Nov. 6, Michigan, boiler explosion 
in Evening Post building, kills 40. 

1896, Jan. 2, Missouri, building collapses at St. Louis, 20 
killed, many injured; Aug. 11, New York City, over 
100 deaths from hot wave; Illinois, more than 60 in 
Chicago; Oct. 2, Florida, storm with a tidal wave 
practically destroys town of Cedar Keys, great loss of 
life among fisherrQen^ 



DISASTERS, 93 

1897, March 4, Massachusetts, gas explosion in Boston, 50 
killed and injured; April 8, Florida, piazza falls at St. 
Augustine, 200 injured; July 21, Connecticut, New 
Haven, 7 killed by explosion in Winchester Arm's Co.'s 
works ; Oct. 15, Ohio, Cincinnati, dome of Opera 
House falls, 35 killed and injured. 

1898, April 3, avalanche kills 150 persons at Chilkoot Pass, 
Alaska. 

1899, Aug. 6, Maine, collapse of a slip at Bar Harbor ferry, 
26 drowned. 

1900, March 6, West Virginia, explosion in Red Ash coal 
mine, 100 killed ; May 1, Utah, 200 killed in mine ex- 
plosion at Scofield. 

J 901, March 25, Pennsylvania, explosion of gas in oollierv 
at Connellsville, 9 killed, several wounded; July 20, 
great heat in Eastern and Middle States, 200 deaths 
in I^ew York City ; Nov. 20, Colorado, 29 men burned 
in a Colorado gold mine. 



5. ON RAILROADS. 

1853, May 6, Connecticut, N. Y. and N. H. R. R., train en- 
ters open drawbridge into Norwalk River, 50 persons 
killed. 

1854, July 4, Maryland, near Relay House, 30 killed, 100 
w^ounded; Xov. 1, Illinois, Chicago and Rock Island 
R. R., 40 killed. 

1855, Nov. 1, Pacific R. R. of Mo., 22 killed, 50 injured. 

1856, July 16, Pennsylvania, collision at Campbell, 60 
killed, 78 wounded. 

1859, June 27, Indiana, Mich. South. R. R., near South 
Bend, 38 killed. 

1864, July 15, New York, Erie R. R. collision, 60 killed, 
120 injured. 

1865, March 7, Pennsylvania, Bristol, collision, 50 killed or 
injured; Aug. 16', Connecticut, Housatonic R. R., col- 
lision, 11 killed, 17 injured. 

1867, Dec. 18, New York, Angola, derailment, 41 killed. 

1868, April 14, Pennsylvania, Erie train down embank-, 
ment, at Carr'a Roak, ^Q kilM^ 5^ injured. 



94 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1870, May 12, Missouri, Eureka, collision, 25 killed, 41 
injured. 

1871, Feb. 6, Isqw York, Xevr Hamburg, collision, 21 
killed. 

1872, Dec. 24, Xew York, Prospect Bridge falls, 19 killed. 

1876, Dec. 29, Ohio, train drops from Ashtabula Bridge, 80 
killed, 60 injured. 

1877, Aug. 9, New Jersey, train falls through bridge at 
Ocean Port, 60 injured. 

1878, Jan. 15, Connecticut, Tariffville, bridge falls, 13 
killed, 33 injured ; Oct. 8, Massachusetts, wreck at 
Quincy, 21 killed, 50 injured. 

1882, Jan. 13, New York, Spuvten Duyvil, collision, 9 
killed. 

1883, Jan. 19, California. So. Pac. wreck, 15 killed; May 
30, Ohio, Cinn. So. Pac. R. P., 53 injured ; June 2Q, 
Montana, 18 killed; Sept. 4, Illinois, Grayville, 9 
killed. 

1884, Jan. 6, Indiana, White River, derailment, 6 killed; 
Mav 14, Pennsylvania, Connellsville, collision, 14 
killed. 

1885, Oct. 18, New Jersey, Hackensack, wreck, 9 killed ; 
Dec. 15, Georgia, Austell, collision, 11 killed. 

1886, April 7, Massachusetts, Deerlield, derailment, 12 
killed ; June 7, South Carolina, Santee Swamp, derail- 
ment, 7 killed, 13 injured; Aug. 25, North Carolina, 
near Saluda, runaway train, 5 killed, 8 hurt ; Sept. 14, 
New York, Silver Creek, collision, 20 hurt, 7 fatally ; 
Oct. 28, Wisconsin, Rio, wreck, 22 killed. 

1887, Jan. 4, Ohio, Republic, collision, 13 killed; Feb. 5, 
Vermont, train burns near White River Junction, 30 
lives lost, 37 injured ; March 14, Massachusetts, Boston 
and Providence R. R., near Boston, 32 killed ; ,Tuly 27, 
Illinois, Tlopedale, 9 killed, 15 hurt ; Aug. 10, Illinois, 
train falls through brid^'c near Chatsworth, 75 killed, 
279 wounded; Oct. 10, Indiana, near Kout, 10 killed; 
Dec. 31, Kentucky, Greenwood, wreck, 6 killed, 21 
hurt. 

1888, Jan. 10, ]\Ic.ssachusetts, Haverhill, wreck, 9 killed, 13 
hurt; March 17, Georgia, train breaks through bridge 
near Blackshear, ^7 killed, 13 injured; July 1.2, Yir-. 



DISASTERS. 95 

ginia, New Orange Court House, derailment, 9 killed, 

22 hurt; Oct. 10, Pennsylvania, collision near Penn 
Haven on Lehigh Valley E. P., 14 killed; Oct. 16, 
Pennsylvania, Tamanend Sv/itch, collision, 10 killed, 

23 hurt. 

1889, Jan. 14, Ohio, Tallmadge, wreck, 8 killed, 6 hurt; 
June 2Q>, Pennsylvania, near Latrobe, collision, 12 
killed, 6 hurt; Aug. 23, Tennessee, south of Knox- 
ville, derailment, 5 killed, 26 hurt; Sept. 24, Illinois, 
Auburn Park, collision, 6 killed, 10 hurt. 

1890, March 6, New York, near Bay View, collision, 6" 
killed, 17 hurt ; May 30, California, train falls through 
drawbridge, 29 killed; June 9, Missouri, near Warren- 
ton, collision, 8 killed, 11 hurt; July 11, Ohio, near 
King's Mill, derailment, 9 killed, 32 hurt; Aug. 19, 
Massachusetts, derailed train near Quincy, 20 deaths, 
31 injured ; Sept. 7, Colorado, near Florence, 5 killed, 
33 hurt ; Oct. 22, Kentucky, near Sloan's Valley, colli- 
sion, 7 killed, 10 liurt; Sept. 19, Pennsylvania, Shoe- 
makersville, 20 killed. 

1891, May 19, Xew York, near Tarrytown, explosion, 13 
killed, 22 hurt ; July 5, Colorado, near Aspen Junc- 
tion, wreck, 9 killed, 6 hurt; July 25, Ohio, near Mid- 
dletown, wreck, 6 killed, 9 hurt; July 31, Kentucky, 
near Louisville, wreck, 7 killed, many hurt; Aug. 6, 
New York, collision near Syracuse on West Shore 
Eoad, 13 killed, 20 injured; Sept. 24, Pennsylvania, 
near Zelinpole, collision, 8 killed, 5 hurt; Nov. 28, 
Ohio, near Toledo, wreck, 9 killed, 20 hurt; Dec. 24, 
Nev/ York, near Hastings, Vv^reck, 15 killed, 7 hurt. 

1892, March 1, Wisconsin, near Mihvaukee, wreck, 7 killed; 
May 5, Missouri, near Eevere, wreck, 7 killed; May 21, 
Cotton Belt E. E., wreck, 7 killed; June 14, Kentucky, 
near Lonesome Hollow, wreck, 7 killed; June 25, 
Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg, wreck, 12 killed ; Aug. 
16, Ohio, near Cochocton, wreck, 6 killed; Sept. 7, 
Pennsylvania, near Eckenrode Mills, collision, 14 
killed; Sept. 11, Massachusetts, near West Cambridge, 
wreck, 6 killed ; Sept. 20, Ohio, collision on Fort 
Wayne E. E., 13 killed, several injured; Oct. 24, Penn- 
sylvania, near West Manchester, wreck, 7 killed; Oct. 



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96 THE AMEHICAN DATE BOOK. 

25, Missouri, near Phillipsburg, wreck, 6 killed; ISTov. 
1, Nebraska, near Grand Island, wreck, 7 killed ; Dec. 
18, Minnesota, near Nelson, wreck, 8 killed. 

1893, Jan. 21, Illinois, near Alton, collision, 9 killed, 12 
fatally hurt; April 25, Pennsylvania, near Somerset, 
collision, 5 killed; May 7, Indiana, near Lafayette, 
wreck, 10 killed; June 20, New York, near Parkville, 
L. I., wreck, 8 killed, 20 hurt ; June 24, New Jersey, 
near Paterson, wreck, 5 killed; July 13, New York, 
near Newburg, wreck, 5 killed; Aug. 16, Virginia, near 
Melton, wreck, 7 killed ; Aug. 26, New York, collision 
on Harlem road at Berlin, 16 killed, 50 injured; Aug. 
31, Massachusetts, train falls through iDridge near 
Chester, 20 injured, 13 killed; Sept. 7, Illinois, near 
Colehour, wreck, 11 killed; Sept. 19, Illinois, near Man- 
teno, wreck, 8 killed ; Sept. 22, Indiana, near Wabash, 
wreck, 11 killed; Oct. 13, Michigan, trains collide at 
Jackson, 13 killed, 40 injured; Oct. 20, Michigan, rail- 
road accident near Battle Creek, 26 killed, several in- 
jured. 

1894, Jan. 15, New Jersey, railroad collision near Hoboken, 
13 killed. 

1895, April 2, collision on Maine Central E. R., several in- 
jured; July 4, Indiana, accident at Fort Wayne, 3 
killed, 15 injured; Sept. 27, collision at Tumelton, 
W. Va., 17 injured; Dec. 25, collision on the Pa. and 
Big Four R. R. ; Dec. 26, Texas, collision, 16 persons 
hurt. 

1896, July 11, collision on the Chicago and Northwestern 
R. R., 30 killed, 40 wounded ; July 30, Pennsylvania, 
collision on Reading R. R., 40 killed, many injured; 
July 31, New Jersey, railroad accident near Atlantic 
City, 47 killed, 70 injured. 

1897, Sept. 8, Kansas, wreck on Santa Fe R. R. near Em- 
poria, 30 killed and injured ; Oct. 24, New York, rail- 
road train runs into the Hudson River, 21 killed. 

1898, New Jersey, accident near Trenton, 11 killed, 20 in- 
jured. 

1899, Jan. 9, collision on Lehigh Valley R. R. near West 
Dunellen, N. J., 17 killed; May 13, Pennsylvania, col- 
lision on Reading R. R., 25 killed. 50 injured. 



DISASTERS, 97 

1900, June 21, train on Macon branch of South Kailway 
runs into washout, 35 killed; June 34, Georgia, rail- 
road wreck, 35 killed; Sept. 2, Pennsylvania, collision 
on Eeading R. R. near Philadelphia, 15 killed, 48 in- 
jured. 

1901, Feb. 21, New Jersey, collision on Penn. R. R. near 
Bordentown, 10 killed, 40 wounded. 

6. SHIPPING. 

1829, June 4, New York, Fulton explodes at navy yard, 

Brooklyn, kills 33, wounds 29. 
1832, April 9, Brandywine burns near Memphis, 110 killed. 

1836, March 13, Benjamin Franklin explodes near Mont- 
gomery, Ala., 25 to 30 killed and injured ; June 9, Rob 
Roy explodes near Columbia, 20 killed ; Nov. 20, Bris- 
tol wrecked near Rockaway, L. I., 70 lost. 

1837, Jan. 3, Mexico, wreck on Hampstead Beach, L. I., 
108 lost ; May 8, Ben Sherrod burns on the Mississippi, 
200 lost; Aug. 15, Duhuque explodes near Blooming- 
ton, Wis., 26 lost; Oct. 9, Home wrecked, 100 lost; 
Oct. 29, Mojimouth collides with Trenton near Prophet 
Island, 234 perish; Dec. 27, Black Haivk, on Red 
River, explodes, 50 lost. 

1838, April 25, Moselle explodes, 101 lost; June 14, Pu- 
laski explodes off coast North Carolina, 140 lost ; June 
16, Washington burns on Lake Erie, 40 to 50 lost; 
Nov, 25, Gew. Brown explodes at Helena, 60 killed 
and injured. 

1840, Jan. 13, Lexington burns, 141 lost; Aug. 9, Florence 
wrecked off Newfoundland, 50 lost. 

1841, March 11, President lost between New York and 
Liverpool; April 19, ^Vm. Browne wrecked on passage 
from England to America, 70 lost ; Aug. 9, New York, 
Erie burns on Lake Erie, 180 perish. 

1842, April 15, Maryland, Medora explodes, killing 27, in- 
juring 40 ; June 28, Edna collapses near mouth of 
Missouri, 33 lost; July 9, Shamrock explodes on St. 
Lawrence, 68 lost ; Oct. 13, Eliza wrecked on the Mis- 
sissippi, 30 to 40 lost. 



98 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1843, Sept. 19, Louisiana, Clipper explodes, 20 killed; Nov. 
26", Phoenix wrecked off Newfoundland, many lives 
lost. 

1844, Jan. 2, Shepherdess sinks on Mississippi Eiver, 40 
perish; Feb. 28, De Soto and Buckeye collide, 60 lost; 
Feb. 28, Great gun ^'Peacemaker"' explodes on board 
Princeton, Secretary of State and Secretary of I^avy 
among the killed ; March 1, two steamboats collide on 
Mississippi Eiver, 80 lost; Oct. 25, Lucij Walker, on 
the Ohio, explodes, 50 killed; Dec. 14, Mississippi 
Eiver, Belle of Clarksville run down by Louisiana, 30 
drowned. 

1845, Jan. 8, Belle Zane capsizes in Mississippi Eiver, 50 
drowned ; March 7, Swallow breaks on rock in Hudson 
Eiver; July, Louisiana, Marquette explodes, 50 killed. 

1846, Feb. 12/Tweed lost off Yucatan, 60 lost; June 27, 
Sutley wrecked in Vineyard Sound, 30 drowned ; Sept. 
7, New York founders at sea, 20 lost; Dec. 8, U. S. 
brig Somers sunk by squall off Vera Cruz, 41 lost. 

1847, Jan. 28, Tuscaloosa explodes, 20 killed, many in- 
jured; May 19, Carrick wrecked on the St. Lawrence, 
170 perish ; Xov. 19, Talisman collides with Tempest 
on the Ohio, 100 lost ; Nov. 19, Missouri, collision on 
the Mississippi, 50 drowned; Nov. 21, Wisconsin, 
Pho37iix takes fire, 160 lost; Dec. 29, Kentucky, John- 
son explodes, 60 killed. 

1848, Jan. 8, Blue Ridge explodes, 30 killed; May 27, 
Clarksville burns, 30 lost; Aug. 9, Illinois, Edward 
Bates collapses on Mississippi, 53 killed, 40 injured; 
Aug. 24, Ocean Monarch burns, 178 perish. 

1849, May 17, Missouri, twenty-three steamboats with their 
cargoes burn at St. Louis ; Nov. 12, Caleb Grimshaw 
burns, 60 perish; Nov. 15, Louisiana, Louisiana ex- 
plodes, 60 killed. 

1850, March 7, Orville St. John burns near Montgomery, 
Ala., 30 lost; April 27, Antlionij Wayne explodes on 
Lake Erie, 38 lost; June 17, Griffith on Lake Erie 
burns, 300 lost; Nov. 12, Edmund wrecked off Ire- 
land, 100 lost; Dec. 13, Louisiana. Anglo-Norman 
explodes, 100 killed; Dec. 31, Louisiana, eight steam- 
boats and 37 persons burn. 



DISASTERS. . 99 

1851, Jan. 27, John Adams strikes a snag in the Ohio, 123 
lost; March 2, Oregon expodes on the Mississippi, 60 
killed; Louisiana, Brilliant explodes, 90 killed. 

1852, April 2, Ohio, Redstone explodes, 20 killed ; April 3, 
Missouri, Glcncoe explodes, 83 killed; April 9, Mis- 
souri, Saluda explodes, 100 killed; July 5, Louisiana, 
St. James explodes, 40 killed; July 27, New York, 
Henry Clay burns, 70 lost ; Aug. 20, collision on Lake 
Erie between the Ogdenshurg and Atlantic, 100 killed; 
Aug. 22, Franhlin explodes, 32 killed; Sept. 4, Rein- 
deer explodes, 28 killed ; Dec. 24, St. George burns at 
sea. 

1853, Feb. 16, Independence wrecked on Margaretta Island, 
140 drowned; April 11, Jenny Lind explodes, 31 
killed ; April 20, Ocean ^Yavc barns on Lake Ontario, 
38 killed; May 3, William and Mary wrecked near the 
Bahamas, 170 perish; May 20, Aurora sails from New 
York and founders, 25 lives lost; Dec. 30, Stafford- 
shire strikes on Blande Eock, south of Seal Island, 178 
lost; Dec. 23-31, San Francisco founders at sea, 240 
perish. 

1854, Jan. 20, Tayleur driven on rocks off Lambay Island, 
380 lost; Jan. 28, Georgia burns at New Orleans, 60 
lost ; March, City of Glasgow sails from Liverpool for 
Philadelphia with 450 passengers, never heard from; 
Tifarch 5, Caroline burns at mouth of White Eiver, 45 
lost; March 14, Reindeer bursts a flue on Ohio Eiver, 
50 killed or injured ; April 8, Gazelle explodes at Cane- 
mah, Oregon, 21 killed, many wounded; April 15, 
California, Secretary explodes, 50 perish; April 16, 
New York, Powhatan from Havre for New York, 
wrecked, 311 and the crew perish; Sept. 27, Arctic col- 
lides with Vesta off Cape Race, 323 lost; Sept. 28, 
United States sloop-of-war Albany sails from Aspin- 
wall, never heard from; Oct. 8, E. K. Collins burns, 
23 lost. 

1855, Sept. 5, Sierra Nevada leaves New York for Nicara- 
gua, cholera carries off 95 passengers; Dec. 31, Lex- 
ington explodes on the Ohio, 35 killed. 

1856, Jan. 23, Pacific l^'ave> Liverpool for New York, 
never heard from; Feb. 20, John Rutledge strikes an 

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100 THE AMERIOAN DATE BOOK 

iceberg and founders, 155 lost; Feb, 26, 23 steam- 
boats wrecked on the Mississippi River, by ice; 
March 15, New Jersey, ferry boat New Jersey takes 
fire, 50 perish; July 17, Northern Indiana burns on 
Lake Erie, 40 perish; Sept. 23, Pacific, 240 persons 
on board, never heard from after leaving port; Sept. 
24, Niagara burns on Lake Michigan, 60 to 70 lost; 
Nov. 2, Le Lyonnais sinks off Nantucket, 260 lost. 

1857, Feb. 26, Tempest, Anchor line, wrecked, 150 lost; 
May 31, Louisiana burns near Galveston, 55 lost; 
June 26, Montreal burns, 250 lost; Aug. 8, J. W. 
Harris sunk in Long Island Sound, 14 lost ; Sept. 12, 
Central America sinks, carrying down 400 people. 

1858, June 13, Pennsylvania explodes below Memphis, 
100 lost; Sept. 13, Austria burns, 539 lost. 

1859, Feb. 27, Princess explodes, 25 killed; April 27, 28, 
Pomona wrecked, 395 lost; Nov. 21, Indian strikes 
on Seal Ledge, 24 lost. 

1860, Jan. 6, Northerner wrecked between San Francisco 
and Oregon, 38 lost; Feb. 19, Luna wrecked, 100 
lost; Feb. 19, 20, Hungarian wrecked near Cape Sable, 
205 lost; June 24, Ben W. Leivis explodes at Cairo, 
50 lost ; Sept. 8, Lady Elgin collides on Lake Michi- 
gan, 287 lost. 

1861, June 4, Canadian founders in Strait of Belle Isle, 
35 lost. 

1862, July 27, Golden Gate burns on the Pacific, 200 
lost; Aug. 13, Virginia, 2 steamers collide on James 
River, 75 lost. " i^a-?^^'' " "-- • 

1863, April 27, Anglo-Saxon wrecked off Cape Race, 209 
lost. 

1865, March 31, General Lyon burns off Cape Hatteras, 
great number lost ; Dec. 25, Constitution wrecked on 
Cape Lookout shoals, 40 lost. 

1866, Jan. 30, Missouri explodes on the Ohio, 100 lost; 
Jan. 30, Miami explodes on Mississippi River, 150 
lost; Oct. 3, Evening Star, New York to New Or- 
leans, founders, 250 lost. 

1868, March 18, Magnolia explodes, 80 lives lost; April 
9, Sea Bird burns on Lake Michigan. 100 lost; Sept. 
8, Hippocampas wrecked on Lake Michigan, many 



DISASTERS. 101 

lost; Dec. 4, United States and America collide on 
Ohio Eiver, great loss of life. 

1869, Oct. 27, Illinois, Stonewall burns near Cairo, 200 
lost. 

1870, Jan. 23, United States corvette Oneida collides with 
the Bombay, 112 lost; Jan. 28, City of Boston, 177 
persons on board, never heard from, after leaving 
port; Oct. 20, Yaruna founders off Florida with 36' 
passengers. 

1871, Jan. 14, T. L. McGill burns, 58 lost; Jan. 27, Kens- 
ington collides with Templar off Cape Hatteras, many 

lives lost; Jan. 27, Tennessee, H. R. Arthur ex- 
plodes above Memphis, 87 perish; July 30, Staten 
Island ferry boat Westfield explodes, 100 lost, 200 
injured; Aug. 27, Alabama, Ocean Wave explodes, 
60 lost; Dec. 23, Ajnerica burns, 60 lost. 

1872, April 11, Oceanus explodes, 40 lost. 

1872, Aug. 30, Metis collides with schooner on Long Is- 
land Sound, 50 perish; Oct. 22, Missouri burned at 
sea, 32 lost. 

1873, Feb. 15, Texas, Henry A. Jones burns in Galveston 
Bay, 21 lost; April 1, Atlantic strikes rock at Halifax, 
535 drowned; Aug. 8, Waivasset burns in Potomac 
River, 75 lost; Aug. 23, George Wolfe explodes, 30 
lost; Nov. 23, Ville du Havre sinks in mid-ocean, 
230 lost. 

1874, July 26, Pat Rogers burns on the Ohio, 50 lost. 

1875, Sept. 9, Equinox founders on Lake Michigan, 26 
lost; Nov. 4, Pacific founders, 200 deaths; Nov. 9, 
Texas, Galveston, steamer City of Waco burns, 70 
deaths; Nov. 18, Sunshine strands near Cape Foul- 
weather, Oregon, 20 lost ; Dec. 6, Deutschland wrecked 
on Kentish coast, 157 lost; Dec. 31, Harvest Queen 
wrecked by collision 45 miles from Queenstown, 27 
lost. 

1876, July 10, St. Clair burns on Lake Superior, 27 miss- 
ing; Oct. 12, 12 American whaling ships in Arctic 
ice, reported by whaling bark Florence, about 100 
lost; Dec. 29, Circassian strands on Bridgehampton 
Beach, L. I., 28 lost. 

1877, Jan. 20, George Washington strands off Mistaken 



102 TBE AMERICAN DATE hOOK. 

Point, Newfoundland, 25 lost; Jan. 22, George Green 
strands near Dartmouth, England, 24 lost; April 13j 
Leo burns 83 miles south of Tybee light, Ga., 2 J 
lost; Nov. 24, North Carolina, Sloop-of-war Huron 
strikes rock near Oregon Inlet, 100 lost. 

1878, Jan. 31, North Carolina, Metropolis, from Phila- 
delphia to Brazil, goes ashore in gale, 100 lost; Nov. 
25, Pomerania sinks off Folkstone, 48 missing; Dec. 
10, Emily B. Bonder founders off Cape HatteraS; 
North Carolina, 38 lost. 

1879, Feb. 12, 16, 13 American fishing schooners founder 
off George's Banks, Newfoundland, 144 lives lost; 
Nov. 7, Cliaminon wrecked in collision with Lady 
Ociavia, 15 miles from Delaware lightship, 31 lost. 

1880, eTune 11, New York, Narragansett collides near 
Cornfield Point Shoal, Long Island Sound, 27 lost; 
June 28, New York, Seaivanhaka burns off Ward^s 
Island, 24 lost; July 22, Mamie cut in two by Gar- 
la7id on Detroit Eiver, 16 lost; Aug., San Salvador 
lost at sea, from Honduras to Cuba. 29 lost; Aug. 
29, City of Vera Cruz founders off Florida, 68 lost; 
Oct. 15, Michigan, Alpena; from Grand Haven for 
Chicago, lost, 70 lives lost. 

1881, Sept. 14, Asia wrecked on Lake Huron, 100 lost; 
Dec. 26, Virginia, West Point burns on York River, 
19 lost. ' 

1882, Feb. 4, Bahama founders at scci, 20 lost; March 30, 
Golden City, burns on Mississippi River, 20 lost; 
July 4, Sciota sunk in collision on the Ohio, 57 losi ; 
Aug. 7, Gold Dust explodes, 17 killed; Sept. 29, 
Robert E. Lee burns on the Mississippi River, 20 lost; 
Oct. 10, Malleville strands on Yancouvers Island, 70 
lives lost; Oct. 22, Wamle wrecked off Vancouver 
Island, hundreds lost. 

1883, March 4, Yazoo sinks in Mississippi, 19 lost; May 3, 
Grappler burns near Vancouver Island, 70 lost ; Nov. 
14, Manistte founders in Lake Michigan, 30 lost; 
Nov., 6 American schooners founder off St. George's 
banks, 76 lives lost. 

1884, Jan. 18, City of Columbus wrecked off Gay Head 
light, Mass., 99 lost. 



DISASTERS. 103 

1885, Nov. 7, Algoma strands in Lake Superior, 48 lost; 
Dec. 26, American schooners lost between Gloucester 
and St. George's bank, 42 lives lost. 

1886, Aug. 13, Abhie Carver lost at sea, 20 perish; Oct. 
5, Missouri, La Mascotte burns on the Mississippi, 34 
lost; Nov., Flying Scud, bound for Alaska, never 
heard from, 24 passengers on board; Dec. 14, Harvey 
Mills founders southwest of Cape Flatter}^, Wash,, 
23 lost; Dec. 17, Atlantic strands at Golden Gate, 
Cal., 27 lost. 

1887, Jan. 8, Elizabeth strands near Dam Neck Mills, 
Va., 22 lost; March 1, Alabama, W. II. Gardner burns. 

21 lives lost; April, St. Stephen founders at sea, 27 
lost; June 17, Champlain burns in Lake Michigan, 

22 lost; Mystery capsizes in Jamaica Bay, N. Y.. 25 
lost; Oct. 29, Vernon founders on Lake Michigan, 41 
lost. 

1888, Jan. 4, Ireland, Alfred D. Snoiv, wrecked off Water- 
ford, 28 lost; Jan. 30, Ahercorn strands on Damon's 
Point, Wash., 22 lost; Feb. 22, California, ferry boat 
Julia explodes at South Vallejo, 36 killed; Oct. 3, 
Ohio, strands near Point Hope, Alaska, 25 lost; Dec. 
24, John II. II anna burns opposite PJaquemine, La., 
22 lost; Dec. 24, Kate Adams burns, 33 lost. 

1889, March 15, Samoan Islands, Nipsic, Vandalia and 
Trenton wTccked by storm, 43 lives lost; MaT 13, 
Alaska founders between Aslona, Ore., and San Fran- 
cisco, 26 lost; Oct. 3, Corona explodes on thr Wn- 
sissippi River, 38 lost. 

1890, July 11, Chicago lake steamer Tioga explodes, 17 
killed; July 13, Mississippi, Sea Wing capsized by 
cyclone, 100 drowned; Oct. 20, New Jersey, Vizcaya 
collides with Cornelius Hargraves off Barnegat Light. 
65 lost. 

1891, Feb. 22, Elizabeth wrecked in San Francisco Har- 
bor, captain and 17 sailors drowned; March 14, 
Utopia sunk off Gibraltar by collision with Anson, 
574 perish; March 25, North Carolina, Strathairly 
wrecked, 19 lost; Oct. 29, Oliver Bierne burns on 
Mississippi, 20 lost. 

J.$92, Sept, 1, Western E^^Qrve breal^s in two on Lake 



104 TEE AMEBIC AN DATE BOOK. 

Superior, 26 drowned ; Oct. 28, Roumania, of Anchor 
line, wrecked, 100 lost. 

1893, Oct. 14, Wocokeri ashore off Long Point, Lake Erie, 
14 lost; Oct. 15, New York, Dean Richmond with 
crew of 18 lost, in Lake Erie; Nov. 2, City of Alex- 
andria burned at sea, 30 lost; Nov. 7, Philadelphia 
and Albany collide off Pt. Aux Barques, Lake Huron, 
24 lost; Dec. G, Massachusetts, Jason wrecked off 
Cape Cod, 20 lost. 

1894, June 24, New Jersey, tug boat sinks off Sandy Hook, 
42 drowned. 

1895, Jan. 20, Ohio, State of Missouri sinks in Ohio 
Eiver, 37 lost; Oct. 15, Pa-r^/im burned at sea, many 
missing. 

1896, Oct. 20, Arago wrecked on Oregon coast, heavy loss 
of life. 

3897, March 7, Ville de St. Nazare founders off Hatteras, 

many lost; Dec. 24, Calvin B. Orcutt and crew lost 
. in storm, Chatham, Mass. 
1898, Feb. 15, Maine destroyed in Havana harbor; Feb. 

16, Clara Nevada wrecked in No. Pacific, all lost; 

July 4, La Bourgogne collides and sinks, 560 lost; 

Nov. 29, Portland founders, 118 lost. 

1900, June 30, New Jersey, vessels and dock burn at 
Hoboken, loss $10,000,000, some hundreds of lives; 
Nov. 13, Guam, United States cruiser Yosemite 
wrecked by typhoon. 

1901, Feb. 22, Rio de Janeiro wrecked, in San Francisco 
Bay, 12'8 lost ; May 13, City of Paducah sinks in the 
Mississippi, many lost; Aug. 28, City of Trenton 
blown up on the Delaware, 9 killed, 20 wounded. 

7. — WINDS. 

1830, May 31, Tennessee, Carthage ruined by storm. 
1840, May 7, Mississippi, tornado visits Natchez, killing 

317. 
1844, Oct. 18, New York, gale at Buffalo, 50 lives lost. 
1847, Oct. 1, New Hampshire, tornado visits Portsmouth. 
1851, Aug. 15, Missouri, cyclone destroys property at St^ 

Louis. 



DISASTERS. 105 

1852, Aug. 19, Maine, tornado in Hancock County. 

1854, Jan. 20, Ohio, tornado nearly destroys town of Bran- 
don; Marcii 18, New York, gale at Albany unroofs 
50 houses, chimneys and walls blown down; June 23, 
Illinois, destructive cyclone at Manteno; Aug. 27, 
Kentucky, cyclone at Louisville, 25 persons killed. 

1856, April 13, Philadelphia, tornado unroofs 150 houses. 

1857, Aug. 21, Wisconsin, cyclone destroys property in 
Woodland. 

1860, May 21, Ohio, tornado at Cincinnati, great damage 

done; June 3, Illinois, Iowa, terrible tornado, causes 

150 deaths. 
1871, Oct. 8-9, Wisconsin, "whirlwind of fire" along Green 

Bay, 1,000 persons burned, over $3,000,000 loss. 
1875, Sept. 15, 18, Texas, Galveston and other places suffer 

from storm. 

1878, Oct. 21, 24, Philadelphia, storm destroys 384 houses, 
churches and many public buildings, besides wreck- 
ing 8 ships, loss $2,000,000. 

1879, May 30, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, extensive tor- 
nado causes 40 deaths and destroys much property; 
Aug. 16, 20, cyclone wrecks 300 vessels near North 
Atlantic coast. 

1880, April 18, Missouri, tornado strikes Mansfield, 65 
persons killed, town destroyed. 

1881, July 16, Minnesota, cyclone demolishes 100 houses 
at New Ulm, 30 persons killed. 

1882, May 10, Indian Territory, cyclone at McAllister, 
120 killed; June 18, Iowa, terrific tornado at Grin- 
nell, 60 persons killed, 150 wounded. 

1883, April 22, Mississippi, cyclone at Beauregard destroys 
200 houses and 83 lives; May 13, Missouri, cyclone 
destroys Oronogo; May 18, Wisconsin, cyclone at 
Eacine kills 16 persons, injures 100, 52 buildings de- 
stroyed; Aug. 21, Mississippi, tornado destroys one- 
third of the houses in Eochester and many lives, loss 
$1,000,000; Nov. 5, Missouri, cyclone at Springfield. 

1885, Aug. 3, New Jersey, terrible storm in Camden 
County, property loss, $500,000; Aug. 25, Georgia, 
South Carolina, destructive cyclone at Savannah and 
Charleston, 22 persons lose their lives, property los^ 
$3,000,000, 



106 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1886, March 11, Missouri, cyclone at Kansas City; April 
1-4, Minnesota, tornado at St. Cloud and Sauk Eapids. 
34 killed, 136 wounded; May 6, Missouri, terrible 
tornado in Kansas City, kills 70, destroys many 
buildings; A.\\g. 15, Indiana, cyclone destroys New- 
berry; Aug. 19-30, Texas, cyclone kills 318, destroys 
Indianalo, damage $2,000,000 ; Oct. 12, Texas, Sabine 
Pass destroyed by storm, 250 lives lost ; Oct. 12. 
Texas, violent gale in Texas and the Southwest, more 
than 250 persons drowned; Oct. 14, New York. 
Buffalo, great storm. 

1887, April 29, Kansas, violent storm in Prescott County. 
20 persons killed, destroys 330 buildings, loss of prop- 
erty $1,000,000. 

1888, Feb. 19, Illinois, cyclone at Mt. Vernon, 36 lives 
lost, 125 injured, towm nearly destroyed; March 11- 
13, Massachusetts, etc., blizzard along North Atlantic 
coast, 400 lives lost; March 27, Kansas, town of 
Ninnescah destroyed by gale. 

1889, Feb. 20, California, town of Guemeville, nearly de- 
stroyed by gale; April 3-4, South Dakota, Minnesota 
wind storms and prairie fires, damage and destroy 
$2,000,000 worth ^ of property; July 27, Chicago 
visited by severe wind storms, 20 lives lost, millions 
of property. 

1890, Jan. 13, Kentucky, tornado at Clinton, demolishes 
55 houses ; Jan., Missouri, tornado at St. Louis ; March 
27, Kentucky, cyclone kills 120 persons in Louisville, 
property loss, $2,500,000; June 21, I inoiF. 40 lives 
lost by destructive cyclone; Paw-Paw almost swept 
away; July 13, Minnesota, destructive cyclone near 
St. Paul, 100 lives lost, and much property destroyed : 
July 22, cyclone at South Lawrence, Mass., loss $100,- 
000; Aug. 19, Pennsvlvania, terrific tornado in Wyom- 
ing Valley, $1,000,000 worth of property lost, 180 
persons injured. 

1891, April 17, Texas, tornado; May 19, tornado; Oct. 24, 
Mississippi, tornado; Nov. 27, Eed Bud, Illinois, tor- 
nado ; Oct. 27, Ohio, cyclone at Conneaut destroys 30 
buildings. 

1892, May 27, Kansas, cyclone kills 20 persons at Wei- 



DISCOVERIES. 107 

lington and 11 at Hutchinson; July 3, Pennsylvania, 
tornado at Bethlehem, loss $150,000. 

1893, April 2, Oklahoma, tornado kills 100 persons and 
injures 500 more; April 11, Kansas, tornado in Willis, 
Everest and Powhatan; April 13, Mississippi, cyclone 
at Eobinville; April 18, Arkansas, cyclone at Boles; 
April 19, Kansas, tornado in Osage City; April 23, 
Michigan, City of Ypsilanti nearly destroyed by tor- 
nado ; April 25, cyclone in Oklahoma causes 90 deaths ; 
Aug. 28, Georgia and South Carolina, cyclone along 
coast, 1,000 deaths; April 28, Texas, Cisco nearly de- 
stroyed by cyclone; May 17, cyclone on Lake Erie 
destroys many vessels and lives; May 30, Arkansas, 
terrible tornado at town of Hope, leaves 5,000 people 
homeless; June 22, Kansas, tornado strikes Perry, 
kills 16 persons; July 7, Iowa, tornadoes occur, 100 
lives lost, Pomeroy demolished; Aug. 31, South Caro- 
lina, cyclone on coast of South Carolina and Georgia ; 
Oct. 2, Louisiana, cyclone on coast, 2,000 killed; Oct. 
12, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, cyclone 
rages on the coast. 

1894, Jan. 20, Texas, hurricane at Dallas destroys property 
valued at $100,000 ; Feb. 8, Louisiana, tornado strikes 
Port Hudson, demolishing a number of houses; May 
11, Ohio, tornado at Dalton; May 16, Lake Michigan, 
terrific gale, south end, destroys 100 vessels and many 
lives; June 25, Kansas, Keighley devastated by cyclone; 
also Jefferson ; Sept. 22, Michigan, visited by tornado ; 
Sept. 22, Minnesota, visited by tornado; Sept 23, 
Iowa and Minnesota, 75 persons killed by storm in 
northern Iowa and southern Minnesota ; Oct. 1, Kan- 
sas, Wichita visited by tornado ; Nov. 3, Texas, Willis 
visited by tornado, three churches and many houses 
demolished. 

1895, May 4, Iowa, more than 100 persons killed by tor- 
nado. 

1896, April 20, Ohio, tornado does much damage to prop- 
erty and persons; April 26, Kansas, tornado kills 5 
persons with great damage to property; May 16, 
Texas, tornado kills about 200 people and destroys 
much property; May 27^ Missouri, tornadp strike^ St* 



108 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Louis and East St. Louis; July 27, destructive storms 
in New England, Middle States and lake region. 

1899, April 27, Missouri, tornado in northern Missouri, 
42 killed, 100 injured; June 12, Minnesota and Wis- 
consin, tornado kills 250 persons. 

1900, Aug. 4, ISTorth Dakota, tornado injures many people 
and much property; Sept. 8, Texas, tornado at Gal- 
veston destroys 7,000 lives and $30,000,000 property; 
Nov. 21, Tennessee, 50 lives lost in hurricane. 

1901, March 25, Alabama, tornado kills 18 at Birming- 
ham; June 8, Oklahoma, tornado causes great loss of 
life and property. 

DISCOVERIES, SETTLEMENTS AND ESTABLISH- 
MENT OF CITIES. 

After the first five dates of continental discovery, the 
entries are made under the names of the States, etc., ar- 
ranged alphabetically, the dates for each State being ar- 
ranged chronologically. 

985, Bjarni discovers America (Cape Cod or Nantucket) ; 
1000, Ericsson visits Vinland (Massachusetts) ; 1001, 
Leif lands (near Boston) ; 1002, Thorwald visits 
America (Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island) ; 
1492, Oct. 12, Columbus lands on San Salvador. 
Alabama. — 1540, De Soto marches from Florida to the 
Mississippi River; 1702, De Bienville builds Fort St. 
Louis on Mobile Bay; 1871, Birmingham founded. 
Arkansas. — 1541, De Soto visits the Hot Springs; 1785, 

settlement at Arkansas Post. 
California. — 1525, discovered by Cortez; 1540, May, Her- 
nando d'Alarcon lands; 1770, June 3, Mission of Sar 
Carlos, founded at Monterey; 1822, May 18, becomes 
province of Mexico; 1835, May 23, Los Angeles, made 
a city; 1835, Wm. A. Richardson begins dealing in 
hides and tallow at "Yerba Buena"; 1840, J. A. 
Sutter settles in Sacramento; 1846, June 14, "Bear- 
flag revolt'' at Sonoma; July 11, Stars and Stripes 
raised at Monterey ; 1847, Jan., name "Yerba Buena" 
changed to "San Francisco." 
Colorado. — 1541, Vasquez Coronado enters this region 



DISCOVERIES. 109 

from Mexico; 1806, Nov. 15, Lieut. Z. M. Pike with 
23 soldiers explores and discovers Pike's Peak; 1832, 
Fort William erected; 1850, Fort Massachusetts 
erected; 1858, Denver founded; 1877, Aug., Lead- 
ville settled. 

Connecticut. — 1614, Adrien Block, Dutchman, explores 
Connecticut River to Hartford and there builds a 
fort; 1633, Oct., first house erected at Windsor; 1634, 
October, Plymouth Colony, builds fort at Windsor; 
1635, fort built at Saybrook; Oct. 6, Massachusetts, 
colonists settle at Vv^indsor, Hartford and Wethers- 
field; Nov. 9, Massachusetts colonists fortify 'the 
mouth of Connecticut River; 1639, Jan. 14, civil 
government organized; 1648, settlement of New Lon- 
don commenced; 1662, Connecticut and New Haven 
colonies united; 1784, incorporation of Llartford, 
New Haven, New London, Norwich and Middletown 
as cities. 

Delaivare. — 1609, Aug. 28, Henry Hudson discovers Dela- 
ware River; 1638, March, settlement at Christiana; 
1672, May, New Castle incorporated; 1731, Oct., 
Willington, now Wilmington, laid out; 1832, Wil- 
mington made a city; 1875, New Castle incorporated 
as a city. 

District of Coluinhia. — 1751, May 15, Georgetown laid 
out; 1789, Dec. 3, cession by Virginia; Dec. 23, ces- 
sion by Marjdand; Dec. 25, Georgetown incorporated; 
1790, July 16, Act of Congress making District of 
Columbia seat of government; City of Washington 
founded; 1800, Nov. 17, government removed to 
Washington; 1801, Feb. 27, Congress assumes juris- 
diction ; 1802, May 3, Washington incorporated by 
Congress; 1820, May 15, new charter granted Wash- 
ington; 1846, July 9, retrocession to Virginia; 1874, 
June 20, Congress abolishes territorial government, 
substituting a board of three regents; 1878, June 11, 
government of Washington put in the hands of three 
commissioners. 

Florida. — 1497, May 10, discovered by Amerigo Vespucci; 
1512, ]\Iarch 27, Ponce de Leon visits; April 2, Ponce 
de Leon lands at St. Augustine; 1528, April 12, Nar- 



110 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

vaez lands at Tampa Bay; 1562, Ribault builds Fort 
Charles; 1564, June 22, St. John's Bluff settled; 
1565, Sept. 8, St. Augustine founded by Menendez ; 
1570, Jesuit mission planted near St. Augustine; 
1763, Pensacola laid out; 1767, settlement at Mos- 
quito called New Smyrna. 

Georgia. — 1736, Fort St. Andrews erected on Cumberland 
Island; 1738, May 3, settlement at Frederica; 1754, 
March, Midway settled. 

Idaho. — 1805-6, visited by Lewis and Clark's exploring ex- 
pedition; 1834, settlement at Fort Hall; 1842, Co^ur 
d'Alene mission established; 1858, gold discovered on 
Oro Fino Creek ; settlement follows rapidly. 

Illinois. — 1673, Joliet and Marquette travel via Desplaines 
and Chicago rivers to Lake Michigan; 1680, La Salle 
builds Fort CreveccEur; 1G82, Xov., La Salle and 
Tonti build Fort St. Louis; 1682, first English settle- 
ment near Alton; 1685, Fort Chicago built; 1719, St. 
Philipps settled; 1720, Fort Chartres built; 1725, 
Kaskaskia incorporated as a town ; 1779, Baptiste 
Point de Saible settles on Chicago River ; 1803, Fort 
Dearborn built, on south side of the Chicago River; 
1817-18, Cairo City chartered; 1830, Aug. 4, towns of 
Chicago and Ottawa surveyed; 1831, Aug. 4, Chicago 
surveyed, laid out, and the map recorded on this date ; 
1833, Aug., Chicago incorporated as' a town; 1837, 
March 4, Chicago incorporated as a city. 

Indiana. — 1679, Dec, visited by La Salle and Tonti; 1690, 
French priests establish mission at Vincennes; 1749, 
mission at post Vincennes by Sebastian L. Meurin; 
1794, Oct. 22, Fort Wayne built; 1802, Jefferson town 
laid out; 1821, Jan. 6, Lidianapolis located; 1847, 
Dec. 31, City of Indianapolis chartered. 

Iowa. — 1673, June, visited by Marquette and Joliet; 1808, 
Fort Madison built ; 1832, first settlement in Des 
Moines County; 1833, first permanent settlement in 
Scott County by Antoine le Claire ; Dubuque founded ; 
Burlington settled; incorporated in 1837; 1834, June 
28, Salem founded ; 1851, City of Davenport incor- 
porated. 

Kansas, — 1705, explored by the French; 1825, wagonroad 



DISCOVERIES. Ill 

surveyed by Major Sibley, from Missouri to Santa Fe ; 
1827, Fort Leavenworth established; 1834, Francis 
Chouteau settles at Kansas City ; 1842, May 30, Fort 
Scott established; 1847, May 1, Catholic Osage mission 
established in Neosho County; 1854, June 13, Leaven- 
worth laid out; Sept. 21, Atchison laid out; Dec. 5, 
Topeka founded; 1857, Feb. 14, Topeka, Atchison and 
Manhattan incorporated. 

Kentuch/. —164:3, visited by De Soto ; 1769, June 7, Daniel 
Boone reaches Eed Eiver; 1773, Louisville laid out; 
1774, log cabin built at Harrodsburg; 1775, April, 
settlement at Boiling Springs and Fort Logan; 1779, 
April 17, fort built on present site of Lexington; 
1780, Fort Jefferson built; 1795, Dec. 14, .N'ewport 
chartered; 1817, Feb. 4, town of Covington chartered; 
1833, Jan. 31, Maysville incorporated as a city; 1834, 
Feb. 24, Covington incorporated as a city. 

Louisiana. — 1519, Aug., Pineda enters mouth of Mis- 
sissippi Eiver; 1682, April 9, La Salle descends Mis- 
sissippi and names the country "Louisiana;" 1700, 
Jan. 17, D'Iberville builds on the Mississippi; 1718, 
Fort Xaquitaches established; 1718, New Orleans 
founded; 1722, Balize established; 1733, settlement at 
Baton Eouge; 1779, Jan., New Iberia settled; 1804, 
New Orleans chartered as a city. 

Maine. — 1580, John \Yalkcr discovers Penobscot Eiver; 
1604, De Monts builds a fort on St. Croix Island; 
1607, "Popham's" fort built; 1609, Mount Desert Is- 
land settled; 1622, permanent settlement made at 
Monhegan; settlement at Saco; 1633, trading-house 
established at Machias; 1647, Kittery incorporated; 
1652, Agamenticus made into the town of York; 1653, 
Wells, Saco, and Cape Porpoise declared towns; 1658, 
Scarborough and Falmouth towns located; 1680, 
Maine organized as a province; 1713, June 9, Ber- 
wick incorporated; 1716, June 13, Georgetown incor- 
porated; 1718, Nov. 18, name of Saco changed to 
Biddeford; 1737, June 24, Brunswick incorporated; 
1753, June 19, New Castle incorporated; 1765, June 
18, Bristol incorporated; 1771, April 26, Hallowell in- 
corporated; 1772, June 9, Pepperellborough, after- 



112 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

wards Saco, incorporated; 1773, June 22, Belfast in- 
corporated; 1774, March 8, New Gloucester incor- 
porated; 1786, July 4, Falmouth incorporated and 
named Portland; 1791, Feb. 25, Bangor incorporated; 
1796, June 9, Augusta incorporated. 

Maryland. — 1634, March 3, Catholic colony settles; March 
27, settlement at St. Mary's; 1730, Jan. 12, Baltimore 
laid out; 1732, Nov. 22, Jones's Town, afterwards 
Old Town, laid out; 1745, Sept. 28, Baltimore and 
Jones's Town incorporated as Baltimore Town ; Sept., 
Frederick laid out as a town. 

Massachusetts. — 1602, Gosnold settles on Buzzards' Bay; 
1620, Dec. 21, Pilgrims land at Plymouth Kock; 1624, 
settlement at Cape Ann; 1625, settlement at Mount 
Wollaston (now Quincy) ; 1628, Sept. 16, Endicott's 
colony arrives at Salem; 1629, June 24, settlement at 
Mishawums (now Charleston) ; 1630, Aug., Boston 
founded by John Winthrop and others; Watertown 
settled; Roxbury settled; Newton settled (now Cam- 
bridge) ; Dorchester and Lynn settled; 1633, Ipswich 
and Scituate settled; 1635, Concord settled; 1636, 
April, Springfield settled; 1643, Martha's Vineyard 
settled; 1822, Boston becomes an incorporated city. 

Michigan. — 1668, Marquette establishes mission at Sault 
Ste. Marie; i701, July 24, Fort Pontchartrain built on 
present site of Detroit; 1784, Frenchtown settled; 
1802, Jan. 18, town of Detroit incorporated; 1806', 
Sept. 13, Detroit incorporated as a citv; act repealed 
Feb. 24, 1809; 1815, Oct. 24, Detroit ^chartered as a 
village; 1824, Aug. 5, Detroit chartered as a city. 

Minnesota. — 1678, Daniel Greysolon du Luth settles at 
Duluth; 1689, May 8, Nicholas Perrot builds fort on 
Lake Pepin; 1700, Oct., Sieur le Seur builds Fort 
L'Huillier on the St. Pierre, now the Minnesota; 1794, 
Northwestern Fur Company builds stockade at Sandy 
Lake; 1820, Sept. 20, cornerstone at Fort St. Anthony 
laid, now Fort Snelling; 1827, colony of Swiss from 
Red River settle near Fort Snelling; 1841, Nov. 1, 
Father Lueian Galtier builds log chapel on present 
site of St. Paul and dedicates it to St. Paul; 1843, 
Oct. 10, settlement begins at Stillwater; 1849, Nov., 



DISCOVERIES. 113 

St. Paul incorporated as a town; 1867, Minneapolis 
incorporated as a city; 1872, Minneapolis and St. 
Anthony incorporated as one city. 

Mississippi. — 1540, visited by De Soto; 1682, La Salle 
descends the Mississippi River to its mouth; 1699, 
May, colony settle on the Bay of Biloxi; 1716, Aug. 
3, Fort Rosalie built; 1720, three hundred settlers 
locate at Natchez; 1803, March 10, Natchez incor- 
porated as a city. 

Missouri. — 1541, visited by De Soto; 1769, Blanchette 
builds a log hut on present site of City of St. Charles; 
1809, Nov. 9, town of St. Louis incorporated; 1822, 
Dec. 9, St. Louis incorporated as a city; 1867, Caron- 
delet incorporated with St. Louis. 

Montana. — 1742, visited by Sieur de la Verendrye and 
party; 1809, trading-post established on the Yellow- 
stone; 1829, Fort Union built on the Missouri; 1842, 
Sept., mission established in Bitter Root Valley ; 1845, 
St. Ignatius' mission established in the Flathead Lake 
Valley; 1846, Fort Benton built; 1879, Fort Assini- 
boine established. 

New Hampshire. — 1614, Capt. John Smith discovers Pis- 
cataqua harbor; 1623, settlement at the mouth of the 
Piscataqua; 1633, Portsmouth and Northam laid out; 
also a settlement at Dover Neck; 1719, Londonderry 
settled; 1727, Concord settled called Rumford in 1733, 
and Concord 1765. 

New Jersey. — 1609. Sept. 3, Henry Hudson anchors oif 
Sandy Hook; 1617, Dutch settle at Bergen; 1623, set- 
tlement near Gloucester; 1640, settlement on Salem 
Creek; 1665, Feb. 10, "Concessions and Agreements," 
adopted; Aug., Elizabethtown settled; 1666', May 17, 
Newark settled; 1668, Sept. 22, Bergen chartered; 
1677, Burlington laid out; 1680, Trenton settled; 
1683, Perth Amboy laid out; 1684, site of Camden oc- 
cupied; 1693, Burlington incorporated; 1695, Salem 
incorporated; 1784, New Brunswick incorporated; 
1792, Nov. 13, Trenton incorporated. 

New Mexico. — 1540 visited by Francisco Vasquoz de Coro- 
nado; 1597, Franciscan Monks established; 1598, set- 
tlement in Valley of Chama River; 1605, Santa F6 



114 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

founded; 1846, Aug. 23, Fort Marcy established; 1851, 
Santa Fe incorporated as a city. 

New York. — 1520, Spaniards visit the coast; 1524, April, 
Giovanni da Verrazano enters Bay of New York; 
1525, June 13, Gomez discovers Hudson Eiver; 1609. 
Sept. 11, Hudson's Half Moon enters New York Bay, 
proceeds up river ; July, Champlain enters Lake Cham- 
plain; 1614, Fort Nassau built; 1623, June, Dutch 
build Fort Orange (Albany) ; Nev/ Amsterdam set- 
tled; 1626, Fort Amsterdam built; 1632, Dutch occupy 
west end of Long Island ; 1636, settlement of Brooklyn 
begins; 1640, March 10, Gardiner's Island settled; 
Southampton settled; 1646, "Breuckelen^' organized 
as a town; Nov. 26, municipal government at Breucke- 
len (Brooklyn) ; 1652, Flatbush settled; 1653, Feb. 2, 
New Amsterdam incorporated; 1656, Jamaica settled; 
1658, May 31, village laid out at Esopus (Kingston) ; 
1664, name of New Amsterdam changed to New York ; 
and Fort Orange to Albany; 1665, June 12, New York 
City incorporated by Gov. Nicolls; 1679, Jan., La 
Salle builds Fort Conty ; 1686, July 22, City of Albany 
incorporated; 1713, Schoharie Flats settled; 1722, 
trading-post at Oswego; 1726, Fort Niagara built; 
1778, settlement at Elmira; 1780, New Lebanon set- 
tled by the Shakers; 1784, towns of Hudson and 
Whitestown settled; Feb. 7, New York City govern- 
ment established ; 1787, Binghamton and Syracuse 
settled; 1789, first dwelling at Bulfalo; 1790, Geneseo 
settled; 1801, April 2, Brooklyn incorporated as a 
fire district; Buffalo laid out as "New Amsterdam"; 
1810, first house built in Eochester; 1813, April 2, 
Buffalo, incorporated as a villasre; 1816, April 12, 
Brooklyn incorporated as a village; 1821, Lockport 
settled; 1825, Oct. 26, Erie Canal completed; 1832, 
April 20, Buffalo and Utica incorporated as cities ; 
1847, Oneida Community established ; 1849, New York 
City, new charter; 1873, June, Brooklyn, new charter 
for city; 1898, Jan. 1, New York City absorbs Brook- 
lyn and other territory under new charter. 

Nelraslca.—^mh, trading-post at Bollevuc : 184S. Fort 
Kearney established ; 1854, Omaha founded. 



DISCOVERIES. 115 

Nevada.— l^ilb, visited bv Father Francisco Garces; 1845, 
crossed by Fremont's expedition; 1849, log-cabin bujlt 
on present site of Genoa; 1851, trading-post erected 
on present site of Carson City; 1858, Carson City laid 
out ; 1859, settlement on the site of Reno made by C. 
W. Fuller. ^^ , 

Xorth Carolina.— loS4:, July 13, Raleigh lands on Wocoken 
Island; 1622, explored by John Porey; 1653, July, 
Roanoke and Chowan Rivers settled; 1665, May 29, 
Charlestown near present site of Wilmington settled ; 
1790, Act of Legislature passed for laying out town 
of Raleigh. . 

North Dakota.— mSO, French trader settles^at Pembina; 
1862,. Capital located at Yankton; 1872, Bismarck 
settled. 

0/uo.— 1669, Aug., visited by La Salle; 1705, trading-post 
erected near mouth of the Maumee; 1761, Frederick 
Post settles on the Muskingum; 1772, village of 
Schonbrunn built on the Tuscarawas; 1780, two blocK 
houses built on the site of Cincinnati; 1782, English 
build a fort at Sandusky; 1788, Dec. 28, settlement at 
Losanteville (Cincinnati) ; 1789, Nov., Fort Washing- 
ton erected at Cincinnati; 1789, Jan., first log cabin 
erected at Cincinnati ; 1795, town of Dayton laid out; 
1796, July 4, Conneaut settled; July 22, Connecticut 
Land Company begins settlement at Cleveland; town 
of Chillicothe laid out; 1798, Sept., Steubenville 
settled; 1800, Chillicothe made seat of government of 
Ohio- 1802, Jan., Cincinnati incorporated as a town; 
1806, Canton settled; 1807, Mansfield settled; 1814, 
Dec. 23, Cleveland incorporated as a village; 1816, 
Columbus made capital of the State; 1817, German 
settlement at Zoar; Sandusky settled; 1819, Cincin- 
nati incorporated as a city; 1825, Akron settled; 
1836. March 5, Cleveland incorporated as a city. 
Oldahoma.—lSSO, Ewing settled by Payne's expedition; 
1884 Alay, Pavne founds Rock Falls; Dec, armed 
men encamp at "Stillwater ; 1889, April 22, opened for 
settlem.ent by President's proclamation and first bank 
in Guthrie opened in a tent with a capital of $50,000 • 



116 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1892, April 19, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians' land 
opened for settlement. 

Oregon. — 1579. Drake traces Pacific coast to Oregon; 
1775, Spanish expedition under Bruno Heceta dis- 
covers month of Columbia Kiver; 1792, Nov., 
Lieut. Broughton of the British navy ascends the 
Columbia Eiver, about 100 miles; 1810, Astoria 
founded by J. J. Astor ; June 4, first house in Oregon 
at Oak Point; 1811, trading-post at Astoria, estab- 
lished by Pacific Fur Company; 1832, Capt. Nathan- 
iel J. Wyeth of Wenham, Mass., establishes a fishery 
on Sauvies Island; Fort Umpqua erected; 1834, Oct. 
6, Methodist mission established on the banks of the 
Willamette; 1841, Feb. 10, Methodist mission station 
established on Clatsop plains near Young Bay; 1845, 
first house in Portland erected by A. L. Lovejov and 
F. W. Pettygrove; 1846, Sept. 10, first sale of ^ town 
lots for Salem; 1854, town of Eoseburg laid out. 

Pennsiihania. — 1609, Aug., Henry Hudson enters Dela- 
ware Bay; 1623, Fort Nassau built ; 1638, Fort Chris- 
tiana built; 1643, fort built on Tinicum Island; 
Swedes settle Upland (now Chester) ; 1681, March 4, 
^Ym. Penn receives charter for lands north of Mary- 
land and west of the Delaware; 1682, Oct. 27, colo- 
nists land at New Castle; Dec, counties of Bucks, 
Chester and Philadelphia organized; Dec, laying out 
of Philadelphia completed; 1683, June 23, Penn's 
treaty with the Indians; Oct. 24, German- 
town settled; 1701, Oct. 25, Philadelphia chartered 
as a borough city by Pennsylvania; 1753, French fort 
built at Presque Isle, now Erie; one at Le Boeuf and 
Venango; 1754, Feb. 17, stockade erected by Capt. 
Trent, on present site of Pittsburg, Fort Duquesne; 
1760, Pittsburg settled; Fort Pitt erected on 
site of Fort Duquesne; 1789, Alleghany laid out; 
1794, April 22, Pittsburg incorporated as a borough; 
1816, March 18, Pittsburg incorporated as a city. 

EJiode Island. — 1524, Verrazano inspects Newport harbor; 

1636, June. Eogor Williams settles at Providence; 

1637, settlf^ment at ^o^' To^vn, first called Poca^set; 
1639, Newport founded; 1661, Block Island settled; 



DISG0VEBIE8. 117 

May, settlement at Misquamicut, now Westerly, 
begun; 1669, May, Westerly incorporated as a town; 
1672 Nov. 6, Block Island, incorporated, and named 
New'shoreham; 178-1, June 1, Newport incorporated 
as a city; 1787, March 27, Newport resumes its old 
form of town government; 1853, May 20, Newport 
incorporated as a city; 1888, Woonsocket incorporated 
as a city. 
Soutli Carolina.— 1520, visited by De Ayllon; 1562, May, 
Huguenots settle at Port Royal; Fort Charles built 
near Beaufort; 1669, July 21, ^'Fundamental Consti- 
tutions" nominallv operative; 1671, Old Charleston 
settled: 1680, Charleston settled; 1683, settlement of 
Cooper River; 1734, Williamburg township formed by 
Irish settlers; 1775, Fort Prince George erected on 
the Savannah; 1784, Charleston incorporated. 
South Dakota.— 1S29, Fort Pierre established; 1857, set- 
tlement at Sioux Falls; 1862, seat of government lo- 
cated at Yankton; 1865, Fort Dakota built; 1876, 
town of Deadwood laid out. 
Tennessee.— ICu'S, visited by Joliet and Marquette ; 1682, 
La Salle builds Fort Prud'homme; 1714, M. Charle- 
ville builds a trading house near present site of Nash- 
ville; 1756, Fort Loudon built; 1779, Nashville set- 
tled- 1784, "Nashville" to succeed "Nashborough ; 
1789, Knoxvilie settled; 1792, Feb., Knoxville laid 

Texa^—1QS5, Feb. 18, La Salle enters Matagorda Bay; 
July, La Salle builds Fort St. Louis on the Lavaca; 
1693, San Antonio founded; 1715, Spanish mission 
established near the site of Nacogdoches; 1823, ban 
Felipe de Austin founded; 1846, March 28, Fort 
Brown at Brownsville established. 

Utah— 1776, Sept., visited bv Escalante and Dommguez; 
1825, Great Salt Lake discovered by Jas. Bridger; 
Fort Ashley built ; 1847, July 21, Mormons locate 
Salt Lake Citv : 1849, City of Provo founded; 1850, 
Aug., City of Ogden laid out; 1851, Jan., Salt Lake 
City incorporated. ,, , i 

Vermont.— im), Samuel de Champlain explores the lake 
that bears his name; 1724, Fort Dummer built at 



118 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Brattleborough ; 1730, settlement at Chimney Point; 
1736, Nov. 19, Township ISTo. 1, now Westminister, 
laid out; 1761, Bennington settled. 

Virginia. — 1526, De Ayllon begins settlement at James- 
town; Dominican missionaries erect chapel on James 
Eiver; 1572, Menendez lands on banks of Potomac; 
1584, July 13, Amidas and Barlow, land on island of 
Wocoken in Albemarle Sound; 1586, June 10, Drake 
anchors outside of Roanoke inlet; 1607, May 13, 
colonists from the vessels Susan Constant, Good- 
Speed and Discovery, enter the James River and 
land at Jamestown; 1732, Joist Hite settles in Shen- 
andoah Valley; 1739, Richmond settled; 1742, Rich- 
mond incorporated; 1754, Fort Cumberland built;. 
1779, Richmond made capital of the State. 

Washington. — 1773, Aug. 10-11, Juan Perez coasts the 
shore and discovers Mount Olympus; 1775, Bruno 
Heceta discovers mouth of Columbia River; 1811, 
Aug., Fort Olamagan built; 1818, Fort Walla Walla 
built on the Columbia River, 1825, Fort Colville 
built at Kettle Falls on the Columbia; 1833, Fort Nis- 
qually built at the mouth of jSTisqually River; 1845, 
Oct., New Market settled; 1846, Smithfield, afterward 
Otympia, founded; 1849, July, Fort Steilacoom estab- 
lished on Puget Sound; 1852, Seattle founded; 1859, 
June 20, Fort Colville newly established; 1878, first 
settlement at Spokane Falls. 

West Virginia. — 1774, Fort Randolph begun at Mount 
Pleasant; Fort. Fincastle, afterwards Fort Henry, 
built at Wheeling ; Fort Union built on site of Lewis- 
burg; 1748, Harper's Ferry established as a ferry; 
1762, Nov., Romney laid out; 1793, Wheeling laid 
out in tovm lots; 1794, Dec. 19, Charleston created 
by act of legislature. 

Wisconsin. — 1634, Jean Nicolet explores Fox River; 1661, 
Radisson and Groseilliers build stockade on Chequa- 
megon Ba}', present site of Ashland; 1665, mission es- 
tablished at La Pointe on Chequemegon Bay; 1670, 
mission established at the Rapids de Pere on Fox 
River, near Green Bay; 1726, Prairie du Chien set- 
tled; 1727, Fort Beauharnais established by the French 



DUELS OF NOTE. 119 

on Lake Pepin; 1730, Fort La Baye built by ttie 
French on the site of Fort Howard; 1762, Aug. 21, 
Milwaukee visited by Lieut. James Gorreil ; 1785, 
Alexander Lafrarabois settles at Milwaukee; 1795, 
trading-posts established at Kewaunee, Sheboygan. 
Manitowoc and Milwaukee; 1818, Sept. 14, Soloman 
Juneau arrives at Green Bay and begins settlement of 
Milwaukee; 1828, Fort Winnebago built; 1829, Metho- 
dist mission established at Green Bay; 1837, Feb. 1-1, 
village of Milwaukee organized; Feb. 14, village of 
Kilbourntown organized; 1837, April, first permanent 
settlement at Madison. 
Wyoming. — 1743, Sieur de la Verendrye and party reach 
Wind Kiver; 1832, fort built at junction of Lead 
Creek; 1834, Fort William, now Fort Laramie, built; 
1842, Fort Bridgcr erected on Green Kiver; 1867, 
July, Cheyenne settled. 

DUELS OF NOTE. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

1777, Button Gwinnett and Gen. Mcintosh. 

1778, June 28, Gen. Chns. Leo and Col. John Laurens; 
July 4, Gen. Cadwallader and Maj.-Gen. Thos. Con- 
way. 

1802, New York, Ccl. John Swartwout and De Witt Clin- 
ton. 

1803, DeWitt Clinton and Gen. Dayton. 

1804, July 12, Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton. 
1806, Andrew Jackson kills Col. Dickenson. 

1808, Henry Clay and Humphrey Marshall. 

1813, Sept., Thos. H. Benton and Andrew Jackson. 

1820, March 22, Com. Barron mortally wounds Com. 
Decatur. 

1826, Henry Clay and John Eandolph. 

1838, Feb. 24, Congressman Graves kills Congressman 
Cilley. 

1856, Congressman Preston S. Brooks challenges Congress- 
man Anson Burlin,2,"ame. 

1859, Dec. 16, Judj^e Terry kills Senator Broderick. 

1862^ Col. Calhoun^kills Major Khett at Charleston, S. Q, 



120 TEE AMEBIC AN DATE BOOK. 

ELECTORAL AXD POPULAR VOTES. 

CHKONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

No popular vote is given till 1824 is reached; till that 
time the conditions did not admit of a computation of any 
value. There v/as no vote directly for vice-president until 
180-i; until that time the electoral votes were all cast for 
a president, the second on the list to be vice-president. 
The names of the candidates who were elected are italicised. 
For the politics of the candidates see the title "Conventions 
and nominations.'' The figures in parentheses denote 
electoral votes, the others popular votes. 
1789, President, George Washington, P. (69) ; John 
Adams, V. P. (34) ; Samuel Huntington (2) ; John 
Jay (9) ; John Hancock (4) ; R. H. Harrison (6) ; 
Geo. Clinton (3) ; John Rulledire (6) ; John Milton 
(2) ; Jas. Armstrong (1) ; Edward Telfair (1) ; Ben- 
jamin Lincoln (1). ! 
1792, President, Geo. Washington, P. (132) ; John Adams, 
V. P. (77) ; Geo. Clinton (50) ; Thos. Jefferson (4) ; 
Aaron Burr ( 1 ) . 
1796, John Adams, P. (71) ; Thos. Jefferson, V. P (68) ; 
Thos. Pinckney (59) ; Aaron Burr (30) ; Samuel 
Adams (15) ; Oliver Ellsworth (11) ; John Jay (5) ; 
Geo. Clinton (7) ; S. Johnston (2) ; James Iredell 
* (3) ; Geo. Washington (2) ; C. C. Pinckney (1) ; John 
Henry (2). 
1800, Thos. Jefferson, P. (73) ; Aaron Burr, V. P. (73) ; 
John Adams (65) ; C. C. Pinckney (64) ; John Jay 
(1) ; Jefferson elected by House of Representatives. 
1804, President, Thomas Jefferson (162) ; C. C. Pinckney 
(14) ; Vice-President, Geo. Clinton (162) ; Rufus 
King (14). 
1808, President, Jas. Madison (122) ; Geo. Clinton (6) ; 
C. C. Pinckney (47) ; Vice-President, Geo. Clinton 
(113) ; Jas. Madison (3) ; Jas. Monroe (3) ; John 
Langdon (9) ; Rufiis King (47). 
1812, President, Jas. Madison (128); DeWitt Clinton 



ELECTORAL AND POPULAR VOTES. 121 

(39) ; Vice-President, Elhridge Gerry (131) ; Jared 

Ingersoll (36). 
1816, President, Jas. Monroe (183) ; Eufus King (34) ; 

Vice-President, Daniel D. Tompkins (183) ; John E. 

Howard (22); Jas. Ross (5); John Marshall (5); 

Robert G.' Harper (3). 
1820, President, Jas. Monroe (228) ; John Q. Adams (1) ; 

Vice-President, Daniel D. TompMns (215) ; Richard 

Stockton (8) ; Robert G. Harper (1) ; Richard Rush 

(1) ; Daniel Rodney (4). 
1824, President, Andreio Jackson (99), 155,872; John Q. 

Adams (84), 105,321; Henry Clay, (37), 46,587; 

Wm. H. Crawford (41), 44,282 : Vice-President, John 

C. Calhoun (182) ; Nathan Sanford (30) : Nathaniel 

Macon (34) ; Andrew Jackson (13) ; M. Van Buren 

(9); Henrv Clay (2). 
1828, President, Andreiv Jackson (178), 647,231; John 

Q. Adams (83), 509,097; Vice-President, John C. 

Calhoun (171) ; Richard Rush (83) ; William Smith 

1832, President, Andrew Jackson (219), 687,502; Henry 
Clay (49), 530,189; John Floyd (11), 33,108; Wil- 
liarn Wirt (7), 33,108 ; A^ice-President, M. Van Buren 
(189) ; John Sergeant (49) ; Henry Lee (11) ; Amos 
Ellmaker (7) ; Wm. Wilkins (30). 

1836, President, Martin Van Buren (170), 761,549; W. 
H. Harrison (73); Plugh L. White (26); Daniel 
Webster (4); Willie P. Mangum (11); Vice-Presi- 
dent, PC. M. Johnson (147) ; Francis Granger (77) ; 
John Tyler (47) ; William Smith (23). The popular 
vote for Harrison, White, Webster and Mangum was 
in the aggregate 736,656; it is not practicable to 
divide it properlj between them. It is not practicable 
to divide the aggregate popular vote properly among 
the vice-presi dental candidates. There was no choice 
by the electors for vice-president, and Johnson was 
elected by the Senate. 

1840, President, W. IL Harrison (234), 1,275,017; Mar- 
tin Van Buren (60), 1,128,702; James G. Birney, 
7,059 ; Vice-President, John Tyler (234) ; R. IL John- 
son (48) ; L. W. Tazewell (11) ; James K. Polk (1) ; 
Thomas Earle. 



122 TEE AMEBIC Air DATE BOOK. 

1844, President, James K. Polk (170), 1,337,243; Henry 
Clay (105), 1,299,0G3; James G. Birney, 62,300; 
Vice-President, George M. Dallas (170) ; T. Freling- 
huysen (105) ; Thomas Morris. 

1848, President, Zacharii Taylor (163), 1,360,101-, Lewis 
Cass (127), 1,220,544; Martin Van Buren, 291,263; 
Vice-President, ill Fillmore (163); W. 0. Butler 
(127). 

1852, President, Franklin Pierce (254), 1,601,474; Win- 
field Scott (42), 1,380,576; John P. Hale, 156,149; 
Daniel Webster, 1,670; Vice-President, William R\ 
King (254) ; William A. Graham (42) ; George W. 
Julian. 

1856, President, James Buchanan (174), 1,838,160; John 
C. Fremont (114), 1,341,264; Millard Fillmore (8), 
874,538; Vice-President, J. C. Breckinridge (174); 
William L. Davton (114); A. J. Donelson (8). 

1860, President, Abraham Lincoln (180), 1,866,352; 
Stephen A. Douglas (12), 1,375,157; J. C. Breckin- 
ridge (72), 854,763; John Bell (39), 689,581; Vice- 
President. Hannibal Hamlin (180) ; H. V. Johnson 
(12) ; Joseph Lane (72) ; Edward Everett (39). 

1864, President, Abraham Lincoln (212), 2,216.067; Geo. 
B. McClellan (21), 1,808,725; Vice-President, An- 
drew Johnson (212) ; George H. Pendleton (21). 

1868, President, Ulysses S. Grant (214)^ 3,015,071; Hora- 
tio Seymour' (SO), 2,709,615; Vice-President, 
Schuyler Colfax (214); F. P. Blair, Jr. (80). 

1S72, President, Ulysses 8. Grant (286), 3,597,070; Hor- 
ace Greeley, 2,834,079; Charles O'Conor, 29,408; 
James Black, 5,608 ; Thomas A. Hendricks ; B. Gratz 
Brown; Chas. J. Jenkins; David Davis; Vice-Presi- 
dent, He?iry Wilson (286) ; B. Gratz Brown (47) ; 
John Q. Adams; John Russell; Geors;e W. Julian 
(5) ; A. H. Colquitt (5) ; John M. Palmer (3) ; T. E. 
Bramlette (3); W. S. Groesbeck (1); Willis B. 
Machem (1) ; N". P. Banks (1). 

1876, President, Rutherford B. Hayes (185), 4,033,950; 
Samuel J. Tilden (184). 4.284,885; Peter Cooper, 
81,740; Green Clny Smith. 9,522; James B. Walker, 
2,636 ; Vice-President^ William A. Wheeler (185) ; T. 



ELECTORAL AND POPULAR VOTES. 123 

A.Hendricks (184); Samuel F. Gary; Gideon T. 
Stewart ; D. Kirkpatrick. 

1880, President, James A. Garfield (214), 4,449,053; W. 
S. Hancock (155), 4,442,035 ; James B. Weaver, 307,- 
306; Neal Dow, 10,305; John W. Phelps, 707; Vice- 
President, Chester A. Arthur (214) ; William H. 
English (155); B. J. Chambers; H. \. Thompson; 
S. C. Pomerov. 

1884, President, ^ Grover Cleveland (219), 4,911,017; 
James G. Blaine (182), 4,848,334 ; John P. St. John, 
151,809; Benjamin F. Butler, 133,825 ; P. D. Wiggin- 
ton; Vice-President, T. A. Hendricks (219); John 

A. Logan (182) ; William Daniel; A. M. West. 
1888, President, Benjamin Harrison (233), 5,440,216; 

Grover Cleveland (168), 5,538,233; Clinton B. 
Fisk, 249,907; Alson J. Streeter, 148,105; K. H. 
Cowdry, 2,808; James L. Curtis, 1,591; Vice-Presi- 
dent, 'Lm P. Morton (233); Allen G. Thurman 
(168) ; John A. Brooks; C. E. Cunningham; W. H. 
T. Wakefield ; James B. Greer. 

1892, President, Grover Cleveland (277), 5,556,918; Ben- 
jamin Harrison (145), 5,176,108; James B. Weaver 
(22), 1,041,028; John Bidwell, 264,133; Simon 
Wing, 21,164; Vice-President, Adlai E. Stevenson 
(277) ; Whitelaw Reid (145) ; James G. Field (22) 
James B. Cranfill ; Charles H. Matchett. 

1896, President, William McKinley (271), 7,104,779; 
William J. Bryan (176), 6,502,925; Joshua Lever- 
ing, 132,007; John M. Palmer, 133,148; Charles H 
Matchett, 36,274; Charles E. Bentley, 13,969; Vice 
President, Garrett A. Hobart (271); Arthur Sewall 
(176) ; Thomas E. Watson; Hale Johnson; Simon B. 
Buckner; Matthew Maguire ; James H. Southgate. 

1900, President, ^Villiam ^McKinley (292), 7,207,923; 
William J. Bryan (155), 6,358,133 ; John G. Woolley, 
208,914; W^harton Barker, 50,373; Eugene V. Debs, 
86,814; Joseph F. Malloney, 39,739 ; J. F. R. Leonard, 
1,059; Seth H. Ellis, 5,698; Vice-President, Theodore 
Roosevelt (292); Adlai E. Stevenson (155); Henry 

B. Metcalf; Ignatius Donnelly; Job Harriman; 
Valentine Remmel ; John G. Woolley ; Samuel T, 
Nicholas, 



124 THE AMERICAN DA TE BOOK, 

EXECUTIONS OF NOTE. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

1776, Sept. 22, New York, Nathan Hale hung. 

1780, Oct. 2, New York, Maj. John Andre hung. 

1818, April 30, Florida, Gen. Andrew Jackson hangs 
Arbuthnot and Ambrister. 

1859, Dec. 2, Virginia, John Brown hung; his associates, 
Cook, Cooper, Copeland and Green, Dec. 16, 1859 ; 
Stevens and Hazlett, March 16, 1860. 

1862, Feb. 21, New York, Nathaniel P. Gordon, slave- 
trader hung. 

1865, Nov. 10, Henry Wirz, the Andersonville prison 
keeper hung. 

1873, Oct. 3, California, Capt. Jack, Chief of Klamath 
Indians, hung. 

1882, June 30, C. J. Guiteau, murderer of President Gar- 
field, hung. 

1901, Oct. 29, New York, Leon Czolgosz, murderer of 
President Wm. McKinley, executed at Auburn State 
Prison. 

FIEST INSTANCES. 

ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

Axes and edge tools made, 1826, Collinsville, Conn.; 
Agricultural Exhibition, 1810, Georgetown, D. C. ; 
Agricultural College, 1855, Cleveland, 0. ; Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station, New Haven, Conn., re- 
port, 1877; Almanac, for N. E., 1639; Anti-Slavery 
Society, 1774, Philadelphia Quakers. 

Bank of circulation, Dec. 31, 1787, Philadelphia, Pa., 
Bank of North America; Bank, Savings, Dec. 2, 
1816", "The Savings Fund Society of Philadelphia"; 
Baptist Church formed. Providence, E. L, March 16, 
1639; Bible published, 1782, Philadelphia, Pa.; Bis- 
hop, Koman Catholic consecrated, 1789, Eev. Dr. 
Carrol, of Maryland; book^ geography, 1789; pub- 



FIRST INSTANCES. 125 

lished by Jedediah Morse; book, printed, 1640, Cam- 
bridge, 'Mass., "The Bay Psalms Book"; book by 
American writer, 1607, "Eelation of such occurrences 
as might have happened in Virginia," published, Lon- 
don, 1608; book, from stereotype plates, 1813, Nev/ 
York, a catechism printed by Watts ; brick, common, 
1612, Virginia; bricks, fire, 1827, Baltimore, Md.; 
brooms, 1790, Philadelphia, of broom corn. 

Canal, July 4, 1817, Erie Canal, New York; carpet-loom, 
power, 1839, Lowell, Mass. ; carriages, 1814, Albany, 
N. Y. ; chemicals, 1811, Salem, Mass.; child born, 
Aug. 18, 1587, Virginia Dare, at Eoanoke Island; 
chloroform inhaled, 1832, Jan. 2, New Haven, Conn. ; 
cholera, Asiatic, New York City, June 21, 1832; 
church convention, P. E., 1789, Philadelphia, Pa.; 
church edifice, 1632, Boston, Mass.; church edifice, 
Rom.an Catholic, 1733, Philadelphia, Pa.; city in- 
corporated, 1664, New York City; civil war blood- 
shed, 1861, April 19, Baltimore, Md., L. C. Ladd and 
A. 0. Whitney, of Lowell, Mass.; clocks introduced, 
1720; clocks made, 1793, Plymouth, Conn., by Eli 
Terry; coined money, 1652, Massachusetts, shillings, 
sixpences and threepences; coal (anthracite), 1791, 
discovered at Mauch Chunk, Pa.; coal mined, 1791, 
Pennsylvania, "Lehigh Coal Mine Co.''; college 
founded, 1636, Harvard; conflagration, 1679, Aug. 8, 
Boston, Mass., loss $1,000,000; copyright act. May 
31, 1790; copyright, international, March 4, 1891, 
author, W. E. Simonds; cotton exported, 1785; cotton 
gin, 1793, Eli Whitney's; cotton machinery, for card- 
ing and spinning, 1786'; cotton mill, 1787, Beverly, 
Mass.; cotton mill, power, 1814, Waltham, Mass.; 
cotton thread made, 1794, Pawtucket, R. I. ; cotton 
yarn mill, 1793, No. Providence, R. I., by S. Slater; 
cutlery, table, 1834, Greenfield, Mass. 

Daguerreotype, 1839, New York City, Prof. J. W. Draper, 
using Daguerre's process: Deaf Mute Institution, 
Hartford, Conn., April 15, 1817; dentistry, 1788, 
New York City, John Greenwood ; directory, 1785, of 
Philadelphia, Pa.; dise©)very of United States land, 
April 2, 1512, Pqi\c^ |)e Leon discovers Florida 5 dis:^ 



126 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK, 

tillery, 1640, Staten Island, N. Y. ; duel, 1621, June 
18, in ^.lassachiisetts, betvreen two servants. 

Electric trolley E. E., 1885, Baltimore to Hampden^ two 
miles. 

Fire engine, 1731, N'ew York City, English make. 

Gas, illuminating, 1816, Baltimore, Md. ; "gerrymander," 
Massachusetts, Act of Feb. 11, 1812; glass made, 
1780, Jamestown, Va. 

Indigo introduced, 1743, at Wappoe Creek, S. C. ; insur- 
ance, 1794, Philadelphia, Pa. ; "Insurance Co. of No. 
America"; internal revenue, Act of March 3, 1791; 
iron forge, 1652, Eaynham, Plymouth Colony; iron 
nails made, 1777, Cumberland, E. I. 

Library, public, 1700, Xew York City; locomotive used, 
1829, "Stourbridge Lion," English make, Delaware 
and Hudson Canal Co. ; locomotive made, 1829, by 
Peter Cooper. 

Marriage, 1621, May 12, Pl3miouth, Mass., Edward Wins- 
low and Susanna White; Masonic lodge, generally 
said to be July 30, 1733, Boston, Mass., but this is 
not the fact, the Pen. Gaz. of Dec. 8, 1730, mentions 
the craft as existing; matches, friction, 1829; Mexi- 
can war bloodshed, 1846, April 24, on the Eio 
Grande; mulberry tree, 1826, Flushing, N. Y., im- 
ported from France. 

N'aturalization Kci, March 26, 1790; newspaper, 1704, 
April 24, The Boston News Letter; but it is claimed 
that Public Occurrences was published at Boston as 
early as Sept. 25, 1690; newspaper, agricultural, 1819, 
April 2, Baltimore, Md., The American Farmer; 
newspaper, daily, 1784, Philadelphia, Pa., The Penn- 
sylvania Pacl^et; newspaper in foreign language, 
1735, Germ.an paper at Germantown, Pa.; newspaper 
of literary type, 1745, Franklin's "Tlie General Maga- 
zine and"^ Historical Chronicle," Philadelphia; news- 
paper, religious, 1814, Chillicothe, 0., The Recorder; 
newspaper, scientific, 1797, New York City, The 
Medical Repository; newspaper, Sunday, 1825, New 
York CitVj The Svnday Courier; newspaper, trade, 
1795, Sept 5, The Boston Prices Current, etc. ; night- 
watch, 1697, New York City; nitrous^ gxide gas i^-. 



FIRST INSTANCES. 127 

haled, Dec. 11, 1844, Hartford, Conn.; numbering 
houses, 1811, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Ohservatory, astronomical, 1836, Williamstown, Mass. ; 
oil well, Aug. 29, 1859, near Titusville, Pa.; omni- 
bus, 1830, New York City. 

Paper mill, 1690, Germantown, Pa.; paper money, Massa- 
chusetts, 1690; paper money, federal, June, 1775; 
patent law, 1790; pens, gold, 1840, New York City; 
pianos made, 1823, Boston, Mass., by Jonas Chicker- 
ing; pins, 1812, New York City; plows, iron, 1797; 
poplar, Lombardy, 1785; post office, 1710, New York 
City; post office, United States, 1775, Philadelphia, 
Pa.; Presbyterian Church organized in New York, 
1628; printing, 1639, Cambridge, Mass., The Free- 
man's Oath. 

Eailroad, 1826, Quinc}^, Mass., 3 miles long; 1830, Sum- 
mer, South Carolina, Charleston and Hamburg; 
1830, Aug. 12, Albany and Schenectady, N. Y. ; revo- 
lutionary martyr, 1770, Feb. 22, Boston, Mass., 
Christopher Snider, 11 years old, attacking one 
Richardson's house; rice introduced, 1695^ Sullivans 
Island, S. C. ; rope, 1 641, Boston, Mass. 

Salt made, 1787, Syracuse, N. Y. ; school, public, 1645, 
Massachusetts ; settlement, French, 1652, Port Royal, 
S. C. ; Spanish, St. Augustine, Fla., Sept. 8, 1565; 
English, 1585, Roanoke Island, N. C; sewing ma- 
chine, 1346, Bridgeport, Conn., by Elias Howe, Jr.; 
sewing silk made, 1829, Mansfield, Conn.; slaves in- 
troduced, 1619, Virginia; stage line, 1730, New York 
City to Philadelphia, Pa. ; steam engine, 1773, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. ; steam ferry, New York to Brooklyn, 
1813, May 10 ; steamship crosses Atlantic, from 
Savannah, Ga., 1819, May 26; stereotyping. 1813, 
New York City, by Bruce; streets lighted, 1697; New 
York City; street railroad, 1832, New York City, on 
4th Ave., City Hall to 14th Street ; strike, labor, New 
York City, Dec, 1803; sugar made, 1796, Louisiana, 
plantation near New Orleans; Sunday-school (out- 
side New England), 1740, Ephrata, Pa., "Dunker." 

Tea imported, 1719, into New England; telegraph line, 
1844, Baltimore to Washington, D. C; telephone 



128 TBE AMEBIC AM DATE BOOK. 

line, 1877, Boston to Somerville, Mass., 3 miles; tem- 
perance society, 1808, Saratoga Co., N. Y. ; tin ware 
made, 1770, Berlin, Conn.; tlieater, 1750, New York 
City, Nassau St.; tobacco cultivated, 1616, Virginia; 
turnpike, 1794, Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pa. 

Umbrella introduced, 1772, Baltimore, Md. 

Vessel built, 1616', Manhattan Island^ N. Y., by Adrien 
Block. 

Water in pipes, 1776, New York City; whale fishing, 1672, 
from Nantucket, Mass. 

Yellow fever, 1832, Charleston, S. C. ; first death, New 
York City, June 22, 1832. 

INSURRECTIONS, MUTINIES AND RIOTS. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

1644-46, Maryland, Ingle and Clayborne's rebellion. 
1654, Maryland, civil war between Catholics and Protes- 
tants. 

1676, Virginia, Eacon rebellion begins April 20, 1676. 

1677, North Carolina, insurrection in Pasquotank. 

1688, North Carolina, insurrection against Gov. Seth 
Sothel. 

1740, South Carolina, negro insurrection quashed by 
militia. 

1741, New York, negro plot suspected, negroes and whites 
hung, negroes burned. 

1747, Nov. 17, Massachusetts, riot in Boston over im- 
pressment of citizens in British navy. 

1765, Aug., Massachusetts, riot in opposition to stamp- 
act. 

1766, Aug. 26, Boston, Mass., chief justice Joseph Hutchin- 
son's house sacked; October, Boston, Mass., Daniel 
Malcomb riot. 

176'8, June 10, Massachusetts, riot over seizure of John 
"lancock's Liberty. 

1770, Jan. 18, New York City, collision between Sons of 
Liberty and British soldiers. 

1771, July 19, Vermont, Breakenriclge's farm riot; North 
Carolina, "War of the Regulators.'' 



INSURBECTIOKS, MUTINIES AND RIOTS. 129 

1773, Dec. 16, Massachusetts, "Boston Tea Party/' 
1775, May 10, New York, mob compels President Cooper, 
of King's College, to flee ; June, Virginia, Tory insur- 
rection under John Claypole, suppressed by troops 
under Gen. Morgan ; Sept. to Dec, Pennsylvania, 
hostilities in Susquehanna between Connecticut and 
Pennsylvania settlers. 

1777, March 25, Maryland, Maryland Journal of Balti- 
raor(j mobbed. 

1778, Feb. 3, mutiny on United States frigate Alliance. 

1779, Pennsylvania, "Hot Water War." 

1780, May 25, Nev/ Jersc}', tv/o regiments of Washing- 
ton's troops mutiny. 

1781, Jan. 5, New Jersey, brigade mutinies at Pompton. 
1783, June 21, Philadelphia, Congress insulted by mutiny 

of unpaid soldiers. 
1783-84, Pennsylvania, war of the Pennamites and Yan- 
kees. 
178-1, Dec, Tennessee, revolt in western North Carolina 
against the government; settlers secede and form a 
State which they call "Frankland" or "Franklin." 
1786, Dec 25, Massachusetts, "Shay's Rebellion." 
1788, April 13, 14, New York City, "Doctors' mob." 
1791, Jan. 1, New Jersey, revolt in the army. 
1794, Sept.-Nov., Pennsylvania, "The Whiskey Rebellion." 
1807, Sept. 15, Louisiana, Batture riots in New Orleans. 
1809, Pennsylvania, State troops oppose United States in 
service of writ in the "Olmstead Case," at Phila- 
delphia for 26 days. 

1811, Jan. 9, Louisiana, militia of New Orleans suppress 
negro insurrection. 

1812, July 27, Maryland, mob in Baltimore attacks some 
of the anti-war party. 

1817, Jan. 17, New Jersey, riot and rebellion by Prince- 
ton students. 

1820, South Carolina, Denmark Vesey organizes negro in- 
surrection, Denmark and 34 others hung. 

1829, Nov. 22, Pennsylvania, series of riots begin at Phila- 
delphia between whites and blacks. 

1831-32, Virginia, Nat Turner's insurrection — a negro in- 
surrection, begun Aug. 21. 



130 THE AMEMIGAN DATE BOOK. 

1831, Sept. 24, Rhode Island, riot at Providence, 4 per- 
sons killed by the military. 

1833, Aug. 12-13, Pennsylvania, riots between whites and 
blacks; Connecticut, Prudence Crandall's school for 
colored children mobbed. 

1834, Aug. 11, Massachusetts, burning of St. Ursula con- 
vent at Mount Benedict by a mob; New York City, 
riot against the abolitionists. 

1835, Oct. 21, Massachusetts, Boston, William Lloyd Gar- 
rison mobbed. 

1836, July 29, Ohio, riot breaks out in Cincinnati ; print- 
ing press of James G. Birney's "Abolition'^ paper de- 
stroyed. 

1837, Feb. 10, Xew York City, bread riot; June 11, Massa- 
chusetts, riot at Boston between fire companies and 
Irish; Nov. 7, Illinois, a pro-slavery mob at Alton 
murders Piev. E. P. Lovejoy; Dec. 29, Canadians at- 
tack and burn steamboat Carolina; and send her over 
Niagara Falls; 22 Americans lost. 

1838, Jan. 5, Michigan, schooner Ann seized at Detroit and 
departs in the "Patriot" cause; May 17, Pennsylvania, 
''Pennsylvania Hall," Philadelphia, mobbed and 
burned. 

1838-39, Pennsylvania, "Buckshot War," in Pennsylvania 

Legislature, begins Dec. 4. 
1839-40, District of Columbia, "Broad Seal War," in 

House of Representatives begins Dec. 2, 1839. 
1839-1850, New York, "Helderberg War." 
1840-42, Rhode Island, "Dorr Rebellion." 

1841, Sept. 4, 5, Ohio, anti-abolition riot at Cincinnati; 
Oct., Virginia, uprising of slaves; Nov. 7-17, at sea 
on the Creole, successful mutiny of cargo of slaves; 
the "Creole Case." 

1842, Aug. 1, Philadelphia, Pa., colored people assaulted 
by pro-slavery mob ; Nov., mutiny on the United States 
brig of war. Somers. 

1844, April 4, New York, Brooklyn, riot between native 
Americans and Irish; April and May, Philadelphia, 
race riot between "native Americans" and natives of 
Ireland, 14 killpd. 40 wounded; July 7, renewed, 40 
or 50 persons killed. 



tNSURBECTiONS, MUTINIES AND RtOTS. l3l 

1845, Aug. 27, New York, "anti-renters" of Delaware 
County, riot. 

1846", June 14, California, "Bear Flag Revolt" at Sonoma. 

1847, Jan. 14, New Mexico, Gov. Bent and others killed 
in uprising of Mexicans; March 25, New York, anti- 
rent riot in Columbia County. 

1849, May 10, New York City, "Astor Place riot" ; Oct. 
9, Pennsylvania, race riot in Philadelphia; Nov. 4, 
Maryland, election riot between Democrats and Know- 
Nothings at Baltimore. 

1851, Aug., Louisiana, Lopez's Cuban filibustering ex- 
pedition sails from New Orleans; riot over it; Sept. 
11, Pennsylvania, riot over fugitive slave at Christi- 
ana; California, Vigilance Committee in evidence in 
San Francisco. 

1853-54, Lower California, Walker's filibustering expe- 
dition against. 

1854, May 26, Boston, Mass., "Anthony Burns' riot," in 
Court Square; June 3, New York^ riot in Brooklyn 
over street preachers; July 13, New York, opposers 
of street preaching riot at Buffalo. 

1855, April 2, Illinois, Chicago, military suppress riot 
over license question ; June 2, Maine, riot at Portland 
over liquor seizure; Aug. 6, Kentucky, riot at Louis- 
ville between Know-Nothings and foreigners; Aug. 
7, Missouri, riot at St. Louis between Know-Nothings 
and Irish; Walker, filibustering expedition against 
Nicaragua. 

1856, May 5-21, Kansas, Lawrence besieged by invaders 
from Missouri; May 21, sacked by United States mar- 
shal; June 2, Kansas, political fight at Palmyra; 
June 5, California, San Francisco declared in a state 
of insurrection; June, Kansas, civil war rages; Aug. 
29, Kansas, pro-slavery men defeat John Brown party 
at Ossawatomie ; Aug. 29, Kansas, Missourians take 
Ossawatomie; Sept. 1, Kansas, municipal election at 
Leavenworth causes riot; Sept. 12, Maryland, riot at 
Baltimore between "Rip Raps" and the "Wampa- 
nags"; Sept. 13, Kansas, battle between slavery and 
anti-slavery men at Hickory Point ; Oct. 8, Maryland, 
riot at Baltimore, between the "Rip Raps" and the 



132 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

New Market Fire Company ; Nov. 4, Maryland, Balti- 
more, election riot between Democrats and Know- 
Nothings. 

1857, Jan., Utah, Mormon dignitaries revolt, drive federal 
officers out of territory; April 29, Maryland, strike 
on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, many killed; June, 
District of Columbia, riot in Washington between 
Irish and Americans; New York, June 16, riot in 
connection with police department. Mayor Fernando 
Wood arrested; July 4, Nev»^ York^ second Fernando 
Wood riot. 

1858, May 19, Kansas, attack on free-state men by party 
of 35 under Chas. A. Hamilton, at Marais du Cygnes; 
June 4-5, Louisiana, vigilance committee seize court 
house and State arsenal; Know-Nothings occupy 
Jefferson Square; Sept. 1, New York, mob on Staten 
Island destroys quarantine hospital. 

1859, Oct. 17, Virginia. John Brown's party seize Harper's 
Ferry, the "John Brown Eaid.^' 

1860, Walkers filibustering expedition against Honduras. 

1861, June 34, Wisconsin, bank riot at Milwaukee; Aug. 
13, Maine, mob destroys a secession newspaper at 
Bangor. 

1863, June 13-16, Utah, Mormon apostates, called Morris- 
ites, defy sheriff for three days ; Pennsylvania, "Molly 
Maguires'^ commit acts of violence and murder for 
14 years. 

1863, July 13-16, New York City, draft riots, about 1,000 
persons killed; July 14, Massachusetts, draft riot in 
Boston. 

1864, April 17, Georgia, women's bread riot at Savannah. 
1866, May 1-3, Tennessee, race riot at Memphis, 34 negroes 

killed; June 1, Fenian raid, across Niagara River; 
Julv 30, Louisiana, race riot at New Orleans, many 
killed. 

1869, Nov. 30, Kentucky, affray over whipping of one 
Cooper by "Regulators." 

1870, May, Vermont, 500 Fenians invade Canada, are 
driven back by Canadian militia. 

1871, July 4, Utah, Nauvoo legion dispersed by Federal 
troops ; July 13, New York City, riot between Orange- 



msunnECTioNP, mutinies and riots. 133 

men and Irish Catholics; Sept. 2, New Mexico, elec- 
tion riot at La Mesilla; Oct. 24, anti-Chinese riot at 
Los Angeles. 
1872, April 24, Missonri, at Gun City, masked men stop 
railroad train and murder Judge J. C. Stephenson, 
Thomas E. Detro, and James C. Cline. 

1874, April and May, iVrkansas ^'Baxter and Brooks War'' ; 
Aug. 12, Mississippi, race riot at Austin; Aug. 26, 
Tennessee, mob takes 16 negroes and shoots them at 
Trenton; Dec. 7, Mississippi, race riot at Vieksburg, 
75 negroes killed. 

1875, Jan. 8, Louisiana, riot in Legislature quelled by 
United States troops; April 20, mutiny on schooner 
Jefferson Borden; July 4, South Carolina, race riot 
at Hamburg; Sept. 1-4, Mississippi, office holders 
race riot at Yazoo City; Sept. 4, same at Clinton. 

1876, Sept. 17, South Carolina, race riot at Aiken. 

1877, July 14, Maryland, great labor strike on Baltimore 
and Ohio Railroad begins, 100,000 workmen partici- 
pate, spreads over Pennsylvania, accompanied by 
violence; July 23, California, anti-Chinese riot at 
San Francisco; July 2(S, Illinois, Chicago, federal 
cavalry disperse socialists, 19 deaths follow; Dec. 10, 
California, anti-Chinese riot at San Francisco subdued 
by members of the old viligance committee of 1856 ; 
Dec. 13, Texas, Mexican mob attacks State troops at 
San Elizarico. 

1878, Jan., ^Tortune Bay Outrages" in Newfoundland. 

1883, Nov. 3, Virginia, race riot at Danville. 

1884, March 28, Ohio, 6' days' riot in Cincinnati over 
Berner and Palmer murder trial, 42 killed, 120 
wounded. 

]S85, Aug. 29, "Wyoming, murderous attack by v/hite min- 
ers on 400 Chinese laborers at Pock Spring; Sept. 2, 
Wyoming, anti-Chinese riot in the Union Pacific P. P. 
coal mines. 

1886, Feb. 7-9, Washington, troops suppress anti-Chinese 
rioters at Seattle; March 26, Missouri, strike riot at 
St. Louis; May 4, Illinois, Chicago, Anarchist riot, 
six of the police killed and 61 wounded; May 5, Wis- 
consin, Milwaukee, x\narchist riot. 



134 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1887, June 7, Texas, Bishop H. M. Turner mobbed by 
anti-prohibitionists. 

1888, Dec. 11, Maryland, fight in Chester Eiver between 
the State oyster steamer McLane and a fleet of illegal 
dredgers ; Dec. 25, Delaware, race riot at Wilmington ; 
Dec, Kentucky, the Hatfield and McCoy feud breaks 
out again, troops called out. 

1889, Jan. 2, Maryland, State oyster steamer Helen 
Baughman fights with the schooner Robert Mc- 
Allister, an unlicensed oyster boat; May 6, Louisiana, 
election riot at Lafayette; May 27, Illinois, troops 
disperse striking miners at Braidwood ; Oct. 21, Ken- 
tucky, troops called out in the Howard-Turner feud, 
Harlan County; Nov. 27, Maryland, schooner Law- 
son sunk by the Virginia police boat Augustus in a 
fray over oyster rights. 

1890, June 9, Ohio, street car strike riot in Columbus; 
July 10, Georgia, race riot at Star's Mill ; July 15, 
South Carolina, race riot at Kearse; July 25, Michi- 
gan, militia and molders fight at Battle Creek; Dec. 
9, South Dakota, election riot between Indians at the 
Pine Ridge Agency. 

1891, Jan. 14, Colorado, riot in Legislature; March and 
April, Pennsylvania, riot of coke w^orkers in Connells- 
ville coke regions; April 2, Pennsylvania, strike riot, 
11 killed, 40 wounded, Morewood coke works; June 
22, Georgia, seven guards and convicts killed in an 
attempted jail delivery at Cole City; June 26, Wash- 
ington, 100 Italians make attack on labor camps; 
July 15, California, riot over arrest of some of the 
Charleston's seamen at San Diego ; July 20, Tennessee, 
miners at Briceville attack State militia; Aug. 2, 
Nebraska, mob attacks the Omaha and Granite Smelt- 
ing Works in Omaha ; Aug. 4, Louisiana, bloody fight 
near Texas between cattlemen and thieves, 16 men 
killed; Aug. 24, Missouri, great Chinese riot at 
Missoula; Oct. 31, Tennessee, miners at Briceville set 
free 300 convicts ; Dec. 12, Colorado, striking miners 
fire upon the sheriff and posse at Crested Butte. 

1302, Jan. 22, New York, strike riot in Troy over collar- 
starching machines ; Jan. 24, Pennsylvania, strike riot 



INSURRECTIONS, MUTINIES AND RIOTS. 135 

in Allegheny; March 6, Tennessee, race riot near 
Memphis; April 10-13, W3^oming, United States 
troops suppress cowboy disturbance; May 20, Ten- 
nessee, mob storms the jail at Nashville to get negro 
and lynch him; June 1, California, Highbinders riot 
in the Chinese quarter at Sacramento; June 11, Mis- 
sissippi, mob of white men shoot negroes near Port 
Gibson; July 6, Pennsylvania, conflict betAveen strik- 
ers and Pinkerton men at Homestead, 10 killed, many 
wounded; July 9, troops called out; July 23, H. C. 
Frick shot; Idaho, July 11, miners strike riot. United 
States troops suppress; July 12, Kentucky, 75 armed 
negroes fight sheriff's posse; Aug. 12, New York, 
troops called out in switchmen's strike, Buffalo ; Aug. 
13-30, Tennessee, miners riot at Tracy City and Oliver 
Springs, repressed by troops at Oliver Springs ; Aug. 
15-30, Tennessee, striking miners fight with State 
troops at Coal Creek; Aug. 22, New York City, colli- 
sion between strikers and soldiers ; Sept. 20, Arkansas, 
race riot, 9 negroes and 2 whites killed ; Sept. 26, 
Wyoming, riot at an anti-Catholic lecture at Chey- 
enne; Oct. 5, Kansas, "Dalton Gang" exterminated at 
Coffeyville; Dec. 27, Texas, encounter between troops 
and bandits on Mexican border. 

1893, Aug. 20, Chicago, Poles and Bohemians fight police ; 
Sept. 27, Oregon, Chinese of La Grande driven away 
by mob ; Oct. 2, Maine, labor riot at Auburn ; Oct. 
20, Virginia, Roanoke, militia fire on mob while at- 
tacking the jail, killing 9 men, wounding 20; Nov. 7, 
Mississippi, "White Caps" burn court house at Brook- 
haven; Nov. 7, New Jersey, nine deputy sheriffs shot, 
several others seriously injured in riot at Camden. 

1894, March 13, New Jersey, strike riot of dyers, control 
Paterson all day; April 2, Pennsylvania, strike riots 
in the coke district; April 5, Pennsylvania, strike 
riot, Connellsville, 11 killed; April 5. Oklahoma, 
fight between Indians and cowboys, 42 lives lost ; 
April 18, ^lichigan, labor riot at Detroit; April and 
May, conflict between striking miners and deputy 
sheriffs at Cripple Creek; May 2, Ohio, conflict be- 
tween police and rigtous mobs in Cleveland; May 7, 



136 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Alabama, June 7-16, strike riots at Horse Creek; 
May, June, July and Aug., Illinois, Chicago, railway 
strike riots ; May, June, J uly, Indiana, strike riots on 
the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad; June 6, 
Illinois, coal miners' riot at Wesley ; June and July, 
Pennsylvania, rioting at McKeesport; July, Cali- 
fornia, strike riots at Sacramento. 
1895, Jan. 14-25, Xew York, trolley strike, with violence, 
in Brooklyn ; March 12, Louisiana, 'longshoreman's 
riot, New Orleans, negroes killed; March 13, Cali- 
fornia, Italian miners killed by mob in Huerfano 
County; Aug. 4, Illinois, Italians drive away negroes 
at Spring Valley; Aug. 6, Illinois, 6 negroes shot, 
several injured, at Lock Haven near Baltimore, 

1897, June 4, Ohio, militia fire on lynchers at IJrbana. 

1898, Aug. 10, Arkansas, mob at Clarendon breaks into 
jail, lynches 3 negroes; Oct. 11, Illinois, Virden riot 
between sheriff's deputies, strikers and anti-negro 
laborers, 8 killed, 25 wounded; Xov. 10, Xorth Caro- 
lina, race riot at Wilmington. 

1899, April 11, Illinois, riot between whites and blacks in 
Pana, 6' killed, 9 wounded; April 29, Idaho, rioting 
miners at Coeur d'Alene; June 15, Ohio, street rail- 
way strike at Cleveland ; July 24, Ohio, mob violence 
in street railroad strike, Cleveland, bloodshed, car 
wrecked, boy killed; Sept. 17, Illinois, race riot at 
Cartersville, 6 miners shot. 

1900, April 16, ]\ew York, Italian strike at Cornell Dam; 
July 26-27, Louisiana, race riot in N'ew Orleans, 3 
killed, 4 wounded; Aug. 15, N"ew York City, race 
riot, several whites and black injured; Aug. 22, Ohio, 
race riot at Akron. 

1901, May 14, New York, street railway strike riot at 
Albany ; May 22, New York, United States Military 
Academy at West Point, five cadets dismissed and six 
suspended for insubordination ; July 3, Colorado, riot 
at Smuggler mine, Telluride, 15 killed; Oct. 28, Mis- 
sissippi and Louisiana, race riot on the border line; 
Dec. 35, New York City, race riot on 130th Street., 



MASSACRES. 137 

MASSACEES. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRAXGEMEN"T. 

1565, Sept. 19, 26, Florida, of French Huguenots by 

Spaniards under Menendez, at Fort Caroline. 
1565, Sept. 28, Florida, Menendez kills 200 shipwrecked 

French. 
1567, Florida, DeGourgues hangs 200 Spaniards. 
1682, March 22, Virginia, Indians massacre whites along 

James Kiver. 
1633, Connecticut, Indians murder crew of trading vessel 

on Connecticut River, 
1637, May 26, Connecticut, Indians massacred by whites 

at Pequot Fort; Connecticut, Indians kill 9 soldiers 

at Wethersfield. 

1643, Feb. 25, New York, killing of friendly Indians by 
Dutch at Pavonia. 

1644, April 18, Virginia, Indians massacre 300 colonists. 
1655, Sept. 15, 20, New York, Dutch massacred by Indians 

at Hoboken, Pavonia and Staten Island. 

1675, June 24, Massachusetts, massacre by Indians at 
Swanzey; Dec. 15, Rhode Island, massacre by In- 
dians in South Kingston. 

1676, July, Virginia, Indians massacre whites; July 3, 
Rhode Island, massacre of 171 Indians near Warwick. 

1689, Jan. 27, New Hampshire, Indians massacre Maj. 
Waldron and many settlers at Dover. 

1690, Feb. 8, New York, whites massacred by French and 
Indians at Schenectady. 

1692, Jan. 25, Maine, 75 people massacred at York by 

French and Indians. 
1711, Sept. 22, North Carolina, Tuscaroras and Cores 

massacre 130 persons. 
1715, April 26, South Carolina, massacre of English by 

Yamasis Indians. 
1724, May 1, Maine, Capt. Josiah Winslow and 16 men 

in 2 boats, killed by Indians. 
X734^ Au^. 12, Maine, party under Capts. Moulton eind 



138 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Harmon kill Father Sebastian Rasle and 30 Indian 
converts. 
1729, Nov. 29, Mississippi, massacre of whites by Indians 
at Fort Rosalie. 

1757, Aug. 9, New York, garrison of Ft. Wm. Henry, 
killed after surrender, by Indians. 

1758, May, West Virginia, massacre by Indians of garrison 
of Fort Seybert. 

1760, Aug. 7, Tennessee, garrison of Fort Loudon killed 
by Cherokees after surrender. 

1763, May 16, Ohio, Wyandots take Fort Sandusky, and 
butcher the garrison ; June 4, Michigan, massacre of 
garrison at Fort ^lackinac by Indians; May 30, 
Michigan, massacre of whites by Indians at Hog Is- 
land; Dec. 27, Pennsylvania, Moravian Indians killed 
at Conestoga by "Paxton Boys.'' 

1770, March 5, Massachusetts, "Boston Massacre." 

1777, Sept. 20, Pennsylvania, Gen. Wayne's troop at Paoli 
butchered by British; Sept. 25, West Virginia, mas- 
sacre of whites by Indians near Moundsville. 

1778, July 4, 5, Pennsylvania, "Wyoming Valley Massa- 
cre; Sept. 27, New York, Lieut. -Col. Baylors command 
killed by British at Old Tappan; Nov. 11, 12, New 
York, "Cherry Valley Massacre." 

1780, May 26, Missouri, massacre of whites by Indians 

near St. Louis. 
1782, March 8, Ohio, Moravian Indians murdered by 

whites at Gnadenhutten. 
1790, Ohio, massacre of whites by Indians at Big Bottom. 

1812, Aug. 15, 16, Illinois, massacre at Fort Dearborn 
by Indians; Sept. 3, Indiana, massacre by Indians 
at Pigeon Roost. 

1813, Jan. 23, Michigan, massacre of 260 Americans after 
surrender by Indians at River Raisin; Aug. 30, Ala- 
bama, massacre of whites by Creek Indians at Fort 
Mimms; Nov. 18, Alabama, massacre of Indians at 
Hillabee Town, by Gen. White. 

1815, April 6, England, massacre of 64 Americans at 

Dartmoor Prison. 
1835, Dec. 28, Florida, Seminole Indians surprise 117 

men under Major F, L. Dade, kill all but one man. 



MASSACRES. 139 

1836, March 6, Texas, massacre of the Alamo; March 27, 

Texas, 330 Texans shot by Santa Anna at Goliad; 

March 28, Texas, Col, Ward's command massacred 

b}^ Mexicans at Victoria. 
1839, July, Minnesota, Sioux massacre Chippewas at 

Falls of St. Anthony. 
1853. Oct. 26, Utah, Capt. J. W. Gunnison's command 

massacred by the Pah Utes on Lake Sevier. 

1855, Oct. 9, Oregon, massacre of whites by Indians in 
the upper Rogue River Valley. 

1856, March, Oregon, Indians massacre part of garrison 
at Whaleshead. 

1857, March, Iowa, massacre of white settlers by Indians 
at Spirit Lake; Sept. 11, Utah, "Mountain Meadow 
Massacre," 120 men, women, and children. 

1862, z\ug. 18, Minnesota, Sioux Indians massacre whites 
at Yellow Medicine Agency; Aug. 21, Minnesota, 
m.assacre of whites by Sioux at New Ulm. 

1863, March 30, Missouri, massacre on steamer 8am. Gaty 
at Sibley's Landing; Aug. 21, Kansas, massacre by 
Quantreil at Lawrence ; Oct. 6, Arkansas, prisoners 
massacred by Quantreil, at Baxter Springs. 

1864, April 12, " Tennessee, "Fort Pillow Massacre" of 
Union troops; Nov. 27, Colorado, Col. Chivington's 
command massacre Indian men, women and children 
at Sand Creek. 

1866, July 30, Louisiana, about 50 killed and 150 wounded 
by anti-negro rioters at New Orleans; Dec. 21, Wy- 
oming, massacre of United States troops by Indians, 
near Big Horn, 3 officers, 90 privates. 

1873, April 11, California, Gen. Canby and companions 
massacred by Modocs. 

1876, June 26", Montana, Custer and his command butch- 
ered by Indians; July 9, South Carolina, negroes 
massacred by whites at Hamburg. 

1879, Sept. 29, Colorado, Apaches massacre whites at 
White River Agency. 

1891, March 15, Louisiana, 11 Italians killed at New Or- 
leans by organized citizens. 

1897, Feb. 18, North Dakota, Spicer family murdered by 
In(Ji^ns near Winona, 



140 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1901, Sept. 28, Samar, P. I., massacre of officers and 45 
men Co. C, 9th U. S, Inf., at Balangiga. 



MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS. 

ALPHABETICAL ARRAXGEMENT. 

Alabama Arbitration Award Sept. 14, 1872, treaty May 8, 
1871 ; commission met Dec. 18, 187L 

Alabama letter, hv Henry Clay, published Aug. 16, 1844. 

"Albany Plan of" Union/' 1754, July 10, 11, adopted by 
colonial commissioners, never adopted by the colonies. 

'Alien and Sedition Laws, 1798, June 18, 25, July 6, 14. 

Allianca Affair, settled April 26, 1895, Spain giving satis- 
faction. 

Amistad Case, Dec, of U. S. Supreme Court, March 9, 
1841. 

Amnesty proclamations, Lincoln's first, Dec. 8, 1863 ; an- 
other March 26, 1864; bv Johnson, Mav 29, 1865; bv 
Johnson, Sept. 7, 1867; by Johnson, July 4, 1868; 
by Johnson, Dec. 25, 1868. 

Andersonville prison, Feb. 15, 1864, to end of war. 

Atherton gag, 1838, Dec. 11, passed by House of Eepresen- 
tatives; rescinded, 1845. 

Bank of the United States, 1791 to 1811, another 1816 to 
1836. 

Bankrupt acts, first, 1800 to 1803; second, 1841 to 1843; 
third, 1867 to 1878 ; fourth, July 1, 1898 — . 

"Battle of the Kegs," Jan. 5, 1778. 

Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration gave decision, Aug. 15, 
1803. 

"Black Friday," Sept. 24, 1869. 

Black Warrior, seized at Havana, Cuba, Feb. 25, 1854. 

Blaine vs. Conkling episode in House of Representatives, 
April 24, 1866. 

Bland Silver Bill introduced in House of Eepresentatives, 
July 25, 1876, passed over Hayes veto, Feb. 28, 1878. 

Blockade of southern ports, bv proclamation, April 19, 
1861. 

Blue-Light Federalists, war of 1812. 



MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS. 141 

Brooks' assault on Sumnei*; in United States Senate, May 
22, 185G. 

Bunker Hill Monument, 1825, June 17, Lafayette laid 
corner stone, Webster orator; 1843, June 17, dedicated, 
Webster orator. 

Burr's conspiracy, 1806. 

Cardiff giant discovered at Cardiff, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1869. 

Censures of President by Congress, Senate censured Jack- 
son, March 28, 1834; expunged Jan. 16, 1837; Senate 
censured Tyler, 1842. 

Charter oak, charter hidden, Oct. 31, 16'87; tree blown 
down, Aug. 21, 1856. 

Cherokee case, Hopewell* treaty of inTov. 28, 1785, fixed 
boundaries of lands of these Indians; Holston treaty 
of July 2, 1791, modified same; also other treaties till 
that of Feb. 27, 1819; act of March 30, 1802, author- 
ized employment of military to protect same, July 8, 
1817, by treaty, lands of lower Cherokees v/ere ex- 
changed for land west of Mississippi River. There 
was constant trouble between Georgia and the Indians 
and between Georgia and the United States till the 
forcible removal of the Cherokees west, beginning 
1833. 

Chinese exclusion acts. Mav 6, 1882 and July 5, 1S84; 
'^Geary law," May 5, 1892. 

Cipher despatches, Tilden's, election of 1876. 

Civil rights act, April, 1866. 

Civil service reform, begun by act of March 3, 1871; see 
act of Jan. 16, 1883. 

Commercial crises, 1819, 1837, 1857, 1884, 1893. 

Compromise of 1850 introduced in Senate Feb. 5, 1850, 
by Henry Clay; eventuated in territorial organization 
of Xew Mexico and Utah, Sept. 9, 1850 ; non-commit- 
tal as to slavery ; and admission of California as a free 
State same day. 

Conkling and Piatt resignations from United States Sen- 
ate, May 16, 1881. 

"Conway Cabal," exposed, Jan., 1778. 

Covode investigation, first session, 36th Congress, 1859-60. 

Credit Mobilier, House of Eepresentatives, committee re- 
ported, Feb. 18, 1873, 



142 TEE AMERICAJS DATE BOOK. 

Creole case, Oct., 1841-42. 

"Crittenden compromise" introduced into Senate in I860; 
by Jno. J. Crittenden, never became law. 

Cuban electoral law, April 30, 1900. 

Cumberland road, act, March 29, 1806. 

Davis-Wade manifesto, Ma}^, 1864. 

DeGolyer contract, 1872. 

Deposits, removal of, from United States Bank ; Jackson's 
message Dec. 4, 1832; res. by House of Representa- 
tives opposing, March 2, 1833; Secretary Taney's 
order to remove Sept. 23, 1833 ; no actual removal. 

Edmund's electoral act, Jan. 29, 1877. 

Electoral commission act, Jan. 29, 1877, electoral com- 
mission decision, Feb., 1877. 

Embargo, The ; 1807 act approved Dec. 22, generally known 
as "The Embargo"; supplementary act Jan. 9, 1808; 
another, March 12. 1808 ; supplementary embargo act, 
April 25, 1808 enforcing act of Jan. 9, 1808 ; Feb. 3, 
1809, House resolution fixed March 4, for terminating 
embargo; March 1, 1809, non-intercourse act; contin- 
ued bv acts of June 20, 1809. May 1, 1811, and March 
2, 1811; April 19, 1809, Madison proclaimed full 
trade with England after June 10 ; Aug. 8, 1809, ^iladi- 
son proclaimed re-establishment of non-intercourse 
with England ; Nov. 2, 1810, Madison issued proclama- 
tion accepting N'apoleon's notice of revocation of his 
Rambouillet and other like decrees; March 2, 1811, 
act reviving non-intercourse with Great Britain; 
April 4, 1812, act laying an embargo for 90 days; 
Dec. 17, 1813, new embargo act to continue till Jan. 
1, 1815; repealed April 14. 1814. 

"Era of good feeling," 1817-1823. 

Expositions, international, 1850, Julv 14, l^ew York Citv : 
1876, May 10, Philadelphia, Pa.; 1884, Dec. "6. 
"AVorld's Industrial Cotton Exposition," New Or- 
leans, La.; 1893, May 1, "Columbian Exposition," 
Chicago, 111. ; 1901, May 1, Pan-American, Buffalo, 
N". Y. 

Federalist, The, articles in the Independent Journal, New 
York, Oct., 1787-March, 1788 ; published in book ioim 
1788. 



MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS. 143 

Flag, the, Tlie New England Union of 1643 had one; 
Connecticut troops in 1776 had one; Massachusetts 
adopted one in 177G; the "stripes" were used in a 
"union" by a Philadelphia light horse troop m 1774- 
75; Congress adopted one in 1775; flown at American 
headquarters, Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 1, 1776; naval 
committee reported one to Congress Feb. 3, 1776 ; m 
June, 1776", Washington designed one; June 14, 
1777, Congress formally adopted a change; flown at 
battle .of Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777; June 13, 1794, 
two stripes and two stars added; April 4, 1818, Con- 
gress adopted present flag; revenue flag is under act 
of March 2, 1799 and treasury circular of Aug. 1, 
1799, and change made in 1871 ; 1899, Dec. 27, new 
design for navy flag. 
Foot's resolution introduced into the Senate, Dec. 29, 
1829 ; on it Webster delivered his "Reply to Hayne,' 
Jan. 26, 1837. 
Force bill, act of Congress taking effect, March 2, 1833; 
the act of Congress of April 20, 1871, is what is 
usually meant by "Force Bill." 
Fortune Bay compensation, paid by Great Britain, 1881, 

$75,000. 
Frankland, state of, 1784-88. 

Freedmen's Bureau, created by act of March 3, 1865 ; dis- 
continued by act of Aug. 3, 1868. 
French spoliation claims act, Jan. 20, 1885. 
Fugitive slave law, first one, Feb. 14, 1793 ; second, Sept. 

18, 1850 ; repealed, June 28, 1864. 
"Fundamental" Constitution the first set, bearing date, 
July 21, 1669, adopted to be put in operation in North 
Carolina. 
"Fundamentals"; or, "Body of Liberties," adopted in 

Massachusetts, Dec, 1641. 
"Genet, Citizen," arrived, April 8, 1793; Aug. 16, 1793, 
American government directed Morris, American 
minister in France, to request his recall. 
Geneva arbitration of Alabama claims, tribunal met Dec. 

15, 1871 ; made award Sept. 14, 1872. 
"Gerrymander," j\IassachusGtts, a.ct of Feb. 11, 1812. 
Giddings' resolutions introduced March 21, 1842. 



144 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Gold standard act, March 14, 1901. 

Grand review of Army of the Potomac at Washington, B. 
C, 1865, May 23. 

Habes corpus suspension in Surratt case, July 7, 1865. 

Hampton Eoads conference, 1865, Feb. 3. 

Halifax fishery commission decision, Nov. 23, 1877. 

Hartford Convention, Dec. 15, 1814. 

Henry documents, Jan.-June, 1809; sold to President 
Madison Feb., 1812. 

Henry Ward Beecher trial, 1875, Jan. 8-July 2. 

Impeachments, I., W. Blount, Senator, trial begun Dec. 
24, 1798, acquitted for lack of jurisdiction; II., Jno. 
Pickering, U. S. Judge, impeached March 3, 1803, 
convicted March 12; III., Samuel Chase, IJ. S. Su- 
preme Court Justice, impeached Nov. 30, 1804, ac- 
quitted March 1, 1805; IV., James H. Peck, U. S. 
Judge, trial Dec. 13, 1830, and acquitted; Y., West 
H. Humphreys, U. S. Judge, convicted June 26, 1862; 
VI., Andrew Johnson, President, impeached Feb. 25, 
1868, acquitted May 26, 1868. 

'^Impendins^ Crisis," H. K. Helper's book, published 1857. 

Inter-State^'Commerce Act, Feb. 4, 1887. 

Jackson's nullification proclamation, Dec. 10, 1832. 

Kansas-Nebraska bill approved. May 30, 1854. 

Katakazy's dismissal, Nov. 25, 1871. 

Kentucky resolutions passed Nov. 10, 1798. 

Koszta affair, M. Koszta seized June 21, 1853, in Smyrna, 
released July 2. 

Lincoln and Douglas' Joint Debate, Aug. 21, 1858-Oct. 15, 
1858. 

Louis Kossuth, Hungarian patriot, arrived Dec. 5, 1851. 

Maine, destruction of the, Feb. 15, 1898. 

Mason and Dixon's line, run in 1763 and 1767. 

Mavflower Compact signed Nov. 11, 1620. 

McLeod case, the, 1840-41, acquitted Oct., 1841. 

Mecklenburgh declaration adopted at Charleston, N. C, 
May 20, 1775. 

Memorial Day instituted May 30, 1868. 

Merrimac, sinking of the, at Santiago harbor, Cuba, June 
3, 1898. 

Military commission, to try Mary E. Surratt, et at. 



MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS. 145 

ordered by President A. Johnson May 1, 1865 ; ap- 
pointed by War Department May 6, 1865; gave sen- 
tence June 30, 1865. 

Milligan's case, Indiana, 1864, Oct. 5-Dec., 1866. 

Missouri Compromise, act approved March 6, 1820. 

Monroe doctrine, in President Jas. Monroe's annual mes- 
sage, Dec. 2, 1823. 

"Morey letter,'' Oct. 20, 1880. 

Morgan's disappearance, Sept. 12, 1826, Wm. Morgan dis- 
appeared, supposed to have been murdered by Free 
Masons for betraying their secrets, this gave rise to 
an anti-Masonic political party. 

Mormons; Jos. Smith claimed revelation from God 
Sept. 21, 1823; Sept. 22, 1827, exhumed, as he 
claimed, gold plates (historical) buried 1400 years 
before ; Smith's revelation proclaimed Aug. 29, 1842, 
by B. Young; Church of "Latter Day Saints" organ- 
ized April 30, 1830; first organized conference Fa- 
yette, N. Y., June 1, 1830; in 1831 the church re- 
moved to Kirtland, Ohio, on their way to Independ- 
ence, Mo.; in 1838, expelled from Missouri; settled 
at Nauvoo, 111., there mobbed June 27, 1844; Jan. 
20, 1846, began migration to Utah, finished in 1847; 
Edmunds bill against polygamy March 14, 1882. 

Mulligan letters, 1876. 

Xaval Academy, Annapolis, Md., established by act of 
1845. 

Xew England Union formed in 1643, included Connecti- 
cut, New Haven, Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth 
Colonies, had real life 20 years, nominal 50. 

Nullification ordinance of South Carolina passed Nov. 24, 
1832; repealed March 16, 1833. 

Olmstead case, Philadelphia, Pa., State troops for 26 
days resist United States in service of writ, 1809. 

Ordinance of 1787, adopted July 13, 1787. 

Ostend manifesto, dated Oct. 18, 1854. 

Pan-American conference, Oct. 22, 1901. 

Paris Monetry Conference first assembled June 16, 1867; 
second, kwg. 16, 1878; third, April 19, 1881. 

Patrick Henrv's House of Burgesses speech, Mav 30, 1765. 

Paul Kevere's ride, April 18, 1775, 



146 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Porto Kico civil government act, April 12, 1900. 
Presidential elections disputed : Jefferson and Burr, 1801 ; 

Adams, Jackson, Crawford and Clav, 1824; Hayes and 

Tilden, 1876. 
Proclamation of rebellion, presidential, April 15, 1861. 
"Rum, Eomanism and Rebellion," addressed to J. G. 

Blaine, presidential candidate, 1884. 
Sackville-Wesfs recall, suggested Oct. 30, 1888. 
Salary grab, act of March 3, 1873; repealed except as to 

President and Supreme Court Justices, Jan. 20, 1874. 
Sherman's march to the sea, Nov. 16, 1864 to March 22, 

1865. 
Shimonoseki indemnitv, Japanese fired on the PemhrolxC. 

June 25, 1863; July 16, 1863, Capt. McDougall with 

the Wyoming attacked the Japanese batteries; Sept. 

5, 1864, American and other ships destroyed the forts ; 

Japan paid indemnity ; part has been repaid. 
Silver bill passed over Hayes's veto, Feb. 28, 1878. 
Silver purchase act, July 14, 1890. 
Specie payments suspended, Dec. 28, 1861 ; resumed, Jan. 

1, 1879. 
Spiritualistic manifestations begun at Hydeville, N. Y., 

1847. 
Spoils system inaugurated by President A. Jackson, 1829. 
Star route trials, June 1, 1882-June 11, 1883. 
Sub-treasury system established by act July 4, 1840. 
Surplus money distribution, act of June 23, 1836'. 
Tariff commission appointed by President Arthur, 1882. 
Tenure of office act, March 2, 1867; repealed March 3, 

1887. 
Trent affair. Mason and Slidell taken off the Trent, 1861, 

Nov. 8 ; released, Jan. 1, 1862. 
Tweed ring exposed in New York, 1871. 
*^Uncle Tom's Cabin" appeared, March 20, 1852. 
"United Colonies of New England" formed, 1643. 
United States seal adopted, June 20, 1782. 
Virginia resolutions passed Dec. 21, 1798. 
Virginius affair, 1873, Oct. 31 ; capture of American 

schooner Virginius, carrying men and arms to Cuban 

insurgents ; 30 Americans on board executed. 
Washington's farewell address to the army, Nov. 2, 1783 ; 



MURDER8 OF NOTE. 147 

surrenders commission to Congress, Dee. 23, 1783 ; 
farewell address to the country, Dec. 17, 1793. 

Webster's ''Betrayal Speech,"' March 7, 1850. 

Webster's reply to Hayne, Jan. 27, 1830. 

Weller vs. Shriver encounter, House of Representatives, 
Jan. 25, 1844. 

West Point Military Academy established by act March 
16, 1802. 

Whiskey ring, seizure of distilleries. May 10, 1875 ; con- 
viction of Joyce, Oct. 23, Macdonald, Nov. 22, Avery, 
Dec. 3, 1875; Babcock trial began Feb. 8, 1876; ac- 
quittal, Feb. 24. 

''Wide Awakes" organized at Hartford, Conn., Oct., 1860. 

Wilmot proviso offered in House of Representatives, Aug. 
8, 1846, by David Wilmot, as an amendment to pend- 
ing bill for purchase of territory from Mexico. 

Witchcraft delusion, begun at Danvers, Mass., Feb., 1692. 

"X Y Z Mission," composed of C. C. Pinckney, Jno. Mar- 
shall and Francis Dana, met in Paris, Oct., 1797. 

Yazoo frauds, 1795-1814 under act of Georgia Legislature, 
Jan. 7, 1795. 

MURDERS OF NOTE. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

1643, Sept., New York, Anne Hutchinson and family. New 
Rochelle. 

1777, July 27, New York, Jane McCrea, near Ft. George. 

1781, Sept. 6, Col. Wm. Ledyard by Benedict Arnold. 

1826, Sept. 12, Batavia, N.^Y., Wm. Morgan disappears. 

1835, Jan. 30, attempt to assassinate Pres. Andrew Jack- 
son. 

1865, April 14, assassination of Pres. Abraham Lincoln, 
died next day. 

1872, Jan. 6, New York City, E. S. Stokes shoots and 
kills James Fisk, Jr. 

1881, July 2, District of Columbia, President James A. 
Garfield shot by Chas. J. Guiteau; died Sept. 19, 1881. 

1889, Jan. 29, Arkansas, John M. Clayton, assassinated. 

1890, Feb. 28, District of Columbia, ex-Congressman Taul- 



148 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

bee shot by Chas. E. Kincaid in the Capitol, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
1893, Oct. 28, Illinois, Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chi- 
cago, assassinated. 

1900, Jan. 30, Gov. Wm. Goebel of Kentucky, shot by un- 
known assassin. 

1901, Sept. 6, NeAv York, President Wm. McKinley shot at 
Buffalo by Leon Czolgosz, died Sept. 14, 1901. 



NATUEAL PHENOMENA. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

1G35, Aug. 15, Terrible storm and high tides in New Eng- 
land. 
1638, June 1, earthquake alarms New England. 
1G44, comet with great tail, disappears. 
1664, New England, comet with beard. 
1679, Nov., comet of great size; disappears Feb. 10, 1680. 
1680^ Dec. 1, Nev/ York and New England, great comet. 
1681, Aug. 17, comet with tail 15 degrees long. 
1727, Oct. 29, Nev,' England, alarming earthquake. 
1736, Feb. 6, New England shaken by earthquake. 
1755, Nov. 18, New England, shaken by earthquake. 
1761, March 12, Massachusetts, earthquake. 
1780, May 19, the "Dark Day." 

1806, June 16, total eclipse of the sun. 

1807, Dec. 14, Connecticut, brilliant meteor explodes. 
1811, Sept. 17, Virs^inia. annular eclipse of sun; Dec. 16, 

earthquake in middle, southern and western states; 
New Madrid, Mo., destroyed. 

1817, Jan. 7, South Carolina, two shocks of earthquake at 
Charleston; April 30, Philadelphia, visible spot on 
sun. 

1818, Aug. 13, Massachusetts, matter falls near Amherst, 
after meteor. 

1831, Feb. 12, annular eclipse of sun. 

1833, Nov. 13, remarkable meteors. 

1835, Nov. 17, aurora borealis of surpassing grnnder.r. 

1837, April, remarkable aurora. 



NATURAL PHENOMENA. 149 

1838, April 20, Tennessee, shower of meteors; Sept. 18, 
remarkable eclipse of sun. 

1840, May 25, Lake Erie rises 4 feet in 1 hour and subsides. 

1841, Jan. 25, New York, slight earthquake; Nov., meteoric 
display. 

1846, Nov., grand display of meteors. 

1849, July 16, Massachusetts, frost at Pittsfield; mercury 
at 90 degrees day previous. 

1852, Nov. 22, earthciuake in New England. 

1854, March 20, Georgia, two shocks of earthquake at 
Macon. 

1858, Sept., Oct., Donati's comet, immense affair. 

1860, July 20, big meteor passes over New York, Connecti- 
cut and Ehode Island. 

1865, Oct. 8, 9, Oregon, Mount Hood in eruption; earth- 
quake follows, severe in San Francisco. 

1866, May 1, Maryland, hail-storm in Baltimore breaks 20,- 
000 panes of glass. 

1867, Nov. 14, District of Columbia, Naval Observatory 
counts 1,000 meteors in 21 minutes. 

1868, Oct. 21, California, earthquake in San Francisco; 
Nov. 13, brilliant display of meteors. 

1869, Aug. 7, solar eclipse. 

1870, Oct. 20, earthquake from Maine to Iowa. 

1872, Feb. 4, northern states, brilliant aurora borealis; 
March 26-27, California, earthquake in several towns; 
Nov. 25-27, northern and northwestern states, bril- 
liant meteoric displays. 

1874, July 24, Nevada, waterspout at Eureka kills 30. 

1875, Dec. 22, Virginia, violent earthquake at Richmond. 
1877, Jan. 23, Indiana and Kentucky, brilliant meteor falls 

near Cyntheana, Ky., weight about 13 pounds; July 
30, Yellowstone Valley, hailstones as large as oranges. 

1879, June 5, Massacliusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
Michigan, and Dakota, great hail storms ; at Yankton 
9 to 12 inches in depth; July 16, Massachusetts, hail- 
stones 7 inches in circumference at Lanesborough ; 
July 26, Wisconsin, hailstones 6 to 10 inches in cir- 
cumference. 

1881, June 2, Illinois, at Whitehall, hailstones as big as 
goose eggs and in drifts over a foot in depth ; June 12, 



150 TSE AMERICAN- DATE BOOK. 

y Iowa, hailstones as large as a man's fist, and from 2 
to 3 feet deep ; Sept. 6, Massachusetts, "Dark day/^ at 
Salem. 

1882, April 16-17, aurora of extraordinary magnificence 
observed throughout the country: begins at nine in the 
evening, lasts till day light ; June 8, Texas, at Laredo, 
hailstones weighing a pound each ; June 16, Iowa, at 
Dubuque, great hailstones, one of 28 ounces. 

1883, Aug. 7, 8, Iowa, in Lac and Audubon counties, hail- 
stones of 13-inch circumference and in drifts over 
fence tops. 

1884, Aug. 10-11, Washington to New York, earthquake, 
slight shocks. 

1886, May 19, Ohio, waterspout at Xenia, 25 killed, 100 
houses destroyed; July 24, Minnesota, hailstones at 
Grafton, as large as hens' eggs ; Aug. 10, Dakota, at 
Fort Yates, hailstones 3 1-2 inches diameter and hav- 
ing cylindrical projections; Aug. 31, South Carolina, 
earthquake at Charleston, 57 persons killed, property 
damages, $500,000,000. 

1889, Jan. 9, Indiana, earthquake at Marion; March 8, 
earthquake in east Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Mary- 
land; May 18, Maryland, earthquake at Annapolis; 
June 5, Tennessee, earthquake at Nashville; July 7, 
Massachusetts, earthquake at New Bedford; and at 
Farmington, Me. ; Julv 14, Tennessee, earthquake at 
Covington; July 31, California, earthquake in differ- 
ent places ; Aug. 10. Now York, earthquake in the Ad- 
irondacks ; Aug. 26, North Carolina, earthquake in- 
different places ; Aug. 28, California, earthquake at 
Los Angeles : Sept. 10, Pennsylvania, earthquake at 
Kingston, Wilkesbarre and Ashley. 

1890, Jan. 25, Tennessee, earthquake in different places ; 
April 24, earthquake on Pacific coast ; May 24, 
Montana, earthquake in different places; May 25, New 
York, earthquake in Mohawk Vallev ; Mav 28, Indiann, 
nine earthquake shocks in Indianapolis; May 30, 
Maine, earthquake at Dover; July 1. California, three 
earthquake shocks at Santa Eosa ; July 11, Yirginin, 
frost occurs; July 16, Indiana, earthquake; July 20, 



NATURAL PHENOMENA. 151 

Chicago, brilliant meteor; Sept. 10, Illinois, live fish 
fall in Cairo, after shower. 

1891, Jan. 9, Ohio, earthquake at Toledo; Jan. IG, New 
Hampshire, earthquake at Pepperell ; May 20, Califor- 
nia, earthquake at Susanville; June 23, South Caro- 
lina, earthquake at Charleston; June 28, California, 
earthquake at San Francisco; June 29, California, an 
inland lake appears in lowest part of Colorado desert ; 
July 8, stream discovered flowing from Colorado River 
into the Salton Lake ; Aug. 5, Pennsylvania, cloudbur:-;! 
floods country near Harrisburg; Aug. 21, earthquake 
shocks in the West and South; Aug. 28, earthquake 
shocks in Connecticut; Oct. 14, California, earthquake 
at San Francisco ; Nov. 23, meteoric displays in differ- 
ent parts of the country. 

1892, Feb. 13, remarkable aurora in and about New York ; 
April 12, California, earthquake shocks ; April 19, Cali- 
fornia, earthquake at Woodland; July 23, Montana, 
killing frost; Aug. 23, Virginia, cloudburst at Roan- 
oke; Sept. 5, Texas, cloudburst at Alpine; Sept. 17, 
Minnesota, plague of frogs at Little Falls; Sept. 28, 
Georgia, cloudburst at Brunswick. 

1893, March 9, New York, earthquake in different locali- 
ties; March 25, Montana, earthquake in different 
places; April 4, California, earthquake at Los Angeles ; 
April 8, Georgia, earthquake at Lincolnton; April 9, 
Kansas, an aerolite breaks an arm from the statue of 
John Brown at Ossawatomie; July 9, Mississippi, 
enormous meteor falls near Brandon : Sept. 2, Georgia, 
cloudburst at Guyton; Nov. 27, South Carolina, New 
York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, earthquake; 
Dec. 16, Indiana and southern Illinois, earthquake. 

1894, Feb. 7, California, earthquake at San Jose ; Feb. 23, 
New York, aurora makes splendid display over New 
York City ; May 24, Missouri, earthquake at St. Louis ; 
July 30, California, earthquake at Los Angeles; Aug. 
10, Tennessee, earthquake at Memphis; Nov. 23, 
slight earthquake in Connecticut and West Virginia. 

1895, May 28, Vermont, earthquake at several places; Sept. 
1, Nev/ York, slight earthquake ; also in Pennsylvania, 
New Jersey, and Delaware. 



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1898, March 31, California, earthquake in different places. 
1901, July 26, Nevada, earthquake. 

NEWSPAPERS OF EARLY ESTABLISHMENT. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

1704, April 24, Boston News Letter. 

1714, Dec. 21, Boston Gazette; Dec. 22, American Weekly 

Mercury, Philadelphia. 
1721, Aug. 7, New England Courant, Boston. 
1725, Oct., New York Gazette. 

1727, Maryland Gazette, Annapolis; March 20, New Eng- 
land Weekly Journal, Boston. 

1728, Philadelphia, Universal Instructor in all the Arts 
and Sciences and Pennsylvania Gazette. 

1731, Jan. 8, South Carolina*^ Gazette, Charleston; Sept. 27, 
Weekly Rehearsal, Boston. 

1732, Sept. 27, Rhode Island Gazette, Newport. 

1733, Nov. 5, New York Weekly Journal. 

1734, Boston, Weekly Post Boy. 

1736, Aug., Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg. 

1742, Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, Phila- 
delphia. 

1746, New York Evening Post — not the present paper of 
that name. 

1748, Jan. 4, Independent Advertiser, Boston. 

1752, Aug. 3, New York Mercury. 

1753, Jan. 3, Boston Gazette or Weekly Advertiser. 

1755, Jan. 1, Connecticut Gazette, New Haven; April 7, 
Boston Gazette and Country Gentleman; Dec, North 
Carolina Gazette. Newborn. 

1756, Oct. 7, New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth; still 
published ; oldest paper in the United States. 

1757, Aug. 22, Boston Weekly Advertiser. 

1758, South Carolina and American General Gazette, 
Charleston; June 12, Newport Mercury, Rhode Island, 
still published ; Aug. 8, New London Summary, Con- 
necticut. 

1759, Feb. 16, New York Gazette. 
1761, Wilmington Courant, Delaware. 



NEWSPAPERS OF EARLY ESTABLISHMENT. 153 

1762, Providence Gazette and Country Journal, Rhode Is- 
land; Kivington's Royal Gazette, New York. 

1763, Cape Fear Gazette and Wilmington Advertiser, Wil- 
mington, N. C. ; April 17, Georgia Gazette, Savannah ; 
Nov. 1, New London Gazette, Connecticut. 

1764, Oct. 29, Connecticut, Courant, Hartford, Conn. ; still 
published. 

1765, Portsmouth Mercury and Weekly Advertiser, New 
Hampshire; Sept. 21, Constitutional Courant, Bur- 
lington, N. J. 

1766, May, Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg. 

1767, Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser, 
Philadelphia; May 29, New York Journal or 
General Advertiser; Oct., Connecticut, Journal and 
New Haven Post Boy, now Connecticut Herald and 
Journal; Dec. 21, Boston Chronicle. 

1768, Aug. 5, Essex Gazette, Salem, Mass., now the Salem 
Gazette. 

1769, Oct. 13, Cape Fear Mercury, Wilmington, N. C. 

1770, July, Massachusetts, Spy, Boston, still published at 
Worcester. 

1773, Aug., Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser; 
Oct., Norwich Packet, Connecticut; Dec. 4, Essex 
Journal and Merrimack Packet, Newburyport, Mass. 

1776, Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser, 
Boston; Jan., New Y^ork Packet and American Ad- 
vertiser; May 30, Continental Jo]irnal and Weekly 
Advertiser, Boston. 

1777, Dec. 3, New Jersey Gazette, Trenton. 

1778, New Jersey Journal, Chatham, N. J. ; June 15, Inde- 
pendent Ledger and American Advertiser, Boston. 

1781, American Herald, Boston; Vermont Gazette or Green 
Mountain Post Boy, Westminster, Vt. 

1784, American Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia, ultimately 
merged in North American ; March 24, Massachusetts 
Centinel and Republican Journal, Boston, ultimately 
merged in Boston Daily Advertiser. 

1785, Jan. 1, Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, 
Portland, Me. ; March 1, New Y^ork Daily Advertiser ; 
July 29, Pittsburg Gazette, Pennsylvania, still pub- 
lished. 



154 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1786, Sept. 6, Hampshire Gazette, Xorthampton, Mass., 

still published. 
ITS 7, Independent Journal, New York City, ultimately 

merged in the Journal of Commerce. 
17S8, Sept. 15, Herald of Freedom and Federal Advertiser, 

Boston. 

1789, United States Gazette, New York City, ultimately 
merged in the North American. 

1791, Oct., National Gazette, Philadelphia. 

1792, State Gazette, Trenton, N. J.; Feb. 1, Impartial In- 
telligencer, Greenfield, Mass., now merged in the Ga- 
zette and Courier. 

1793, Newburyport Herald, Massachusetts, still published; 
Utica Gazette, New York, now published as Morning 
Herald and Gazette; Jan. 1, Massachusetts, Mercury, 
Boston, ultimately merged in the Daily Advertiser; 
Nov. 9, Centinel of the Northwestern Territory, now 
the Cincinnati Gazette. 

1794, Eutland Herald, Vermont, still published. 

1797. Minerva, New York City, now the Commercial Ad- 
vertiser. 

1799, Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, Hamilton, Ohio. 

1800, Sciota Gazette, Chillicothe, 0., now the Leader-Ga- 
zette. 

PATENTS OF NOTE. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

The Patent Office and the office of Commissioner, were 
established by act approved July 4, 1836 ; before that the 
work was done in the Department of State. 

1790, July 31, Samuel Hopkins, making potash, first patent 
issued. 

1791, Aug. 26, John Fitch, steamboat; Aug. 26, James 
Eumsey, steamboat. 

1794, March 4, Eli Whitney, cotton gin. 

1797, June 5, x\mos Whittemore, wool cards; 1797, Nov. 

17, Eli Terrv, clock. 
1800, June 28, Peter Lorillard, tobacco cutter; Oct. 24^ 

Jonathan Grout, Jr., telegraph. 



PATENTS OF NOTE. 155 

1803, May 17, French and Hawkins, mowing machine. 

1804, Feb. 14, Oliver Evans, steam engine; Nov. ;33, E. J. 
Du Pont de Nemours, gunpowder. 

1806, May 1, Ephraim Hubbell, water wheel. 

1807, April 18, Jonathan Mix, elliptic carriage spring. 

1808, Oct. 3, Elisha Callender, lightning rod. 

1809, Feb. 11, Eobert Fulton, steamboat; June 14, William 
Shultz, telegraph; June 24, Ira Ives, clock; July 31, 
Ezra L'Hommedieu, screw augur. 

1811, Feb. 9, Robert Fulton, steamboat; May 11, E. L. 
Miller, ^'writing instrument.'' 

1813, March 23, J. C. Chambers, ''repeating gunnery." 

1814, July 1, Jethro Wood, plough. 

1816, June 12, Eli Terry, 30-hour clock; Aug. 1, Jesse 
Reed, tack machine ; Aug. 24, Thomas Gilpin, cylinder 
paper-making machine. 

1817, Oct. 3. S. F. B. and S. E. Morse, raising water. 

1818, June 29, L. M. Desprangh, ''flying pen." 

1819, June 26, W. K. Clarkson, velocipede; Jethro Wood^ 
iron plough; Sept. 6, Thomas Blanchard, lathe for 
turning irregular forms. 

1820, Jan. 24, Peter Cooper, canal tovvdng. 

1821, May 13, Sam Rust, printing press. 

1825, March 12, L. W. Wright, pin manufacture; Sept. 9; 
E. Nott, "American Lottery." 

1826, March 23, June 21, Dec. 29, E. Nott, stoves. 

1827, March 5, Oliver Ames, shovel manufacture. 

1828, Dec. 27, William W^oodworth, wood planer. 

1829, July 23, W. A. Burt, "Typographer," a typewriting 
machine. 

1830, Oct. 4, Isaac Adams, printing press. 

1831, June 3, T. and E. Fairbanks, scales. 

1832, June 22, J. J. Howe, pin manufacture. 

1833, Dec. 31, Obed Hussey, reaper. 

1834, June 21, C. H. McCormick, reaper; Sept. 10, M. W. 
Baldwin, locomotive ; Nov. 5, D. Olmstead, furnace. 

1836, Feb. 25, Sam Colt, fire arm; Oct. 24, A. D. Phillips, 
matches. 

1837, Feb. 25, Thomas Davenport, electric motor; June 17, 
Charles Goodyear, caoutchouc ; Sept, 22, H., A. Wells 
et al.^ hat man\i|aotx:\re. 



156 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1838, Feb. 1, John Ericsson, screw propeller. 

1839, Feb. 24, N. Hayward, incorporating sulphur with 
rubber; July 17, Isaac Babbit, Babbit metal. 

1840, June 20, S. F. B. Morse, telegraph. 

1842, Feb. 21, John J. Greenough, sewing machine; May 
16, E. B. Bigelow, carpet loom; May 20, R. M. Hoe, 
printing press; 1842, May 20; 1843, July 20; 1844, 
Oct. 19 ; 1845, Sept. 19, F. E. Sickels, steam engine 
cut-off; Aug. 18, Cullen Whipple, screw making ma- 
chine. 

1843, April 10, James Nasmyth, steamer hammer; Sept. 1, 
Jonas Chickering, piano; Sept. 14, Henry Burden, 
horse-shoe machine. 

1844, April 17-July 30, E. M. Hoe, printing presses; June 
15, Charles Goodyear, vulcanization of rubber; Nov. 
18, W. F. Ketchum, reaper. 

1845, J. W. Starr, of Cincinnati, 0., incandescent electric 
light, British patent. 

1846, April 18, R. E. House, printing telegraph; Aug. 20, 
T. J. Sloan, gimlet pointed screw ; Aug. 26, J. A. 
Eoebling, bridge; Sept. 10, Elias Howe sewing ma- 
chine ; Nov. 12, Jackson and Morton, administration 
of ether. 

1847, May 8, E. W. Thompson, pneumatic tire. 

1848, Sept. 12, C. Sharp, rifle. 

1849, March 10; 1851, July 29, George H. Corliss, steam- 
engine valve-gear; May 22, Abraham Lincoln, buoy- 
ing river boats; July 31, Benj. Chambers, cannon; 
Aug. 21, Walter Hunt, magazine firearm; 1851, 
Feb. 11, Grover & Baker, sewing machine; Aug. 12, I. 
M. Singer, sewing machine; Nov. 4, John Ericsson, 
hot air engine; 1852, June 15, A. B. Wilson, four- 
motion feed for sewing machine. 

1854, Feb. 14, Smith and Wesson, fire arm ; July 18, Watt 
and Burgess, wood pulp, soda process; Aug. 1, Eli 
Whitney, fire arm. 

1855, July 24, Andre^v Campbell, printing press; Oct. 16, 
Andrew Hotchkiss, projectile. 

1856, May 20, D. E. Hughes, printing telegraph ; Aug. 19, 
Gail Borden, Jr., condensed milk; Dec. 2, Thos.. T., 
Woodruff, sleeping car^ 



PATENTS OF NOTE. 157 

1857, June 23, William Kelley, manufacture of iron and 
steel ; he defeated Bessemer in an interference. 

1858, July 13, Aug. 10, Oct. 12, J. E. A. Gibbs, sewing 
machine. 

1859, Nov. 22-Dec. 20, J. J. Mapes, fertilizer; Nov. 29, 
Dec. 20, Henry Steinway, Jr., piano. 

18G0, March 6, C. M. Spencer, magazine fire arm; April 
24, Henry Giffard, steam-boiler injector; Oct. 2, 
Ferdinand Carre, ice-making machine. 

1862, Jan. 7, Nov. 4, Geo. P. Gordon, printing press; April 

29, May 6 and Aug. 12, Gordon McKa}'^ shoe-sewing 
machine ; May 6, E. P. Parrott, cannon ; Nov. 4, E. J. 
Gatling, "Gatling gun.^' 

1865, Jan. 17, W. C. Dodge, ejector for fire arms. 

1866, March 6, and Nov. 26, Chas. Burleigh, rock drill ; 
Nov. 20, Lallemont and Carroll, bicycle. 

1867, Nov. 5, Benj. Tilghman, wood pulp, sulphite process. 

1868, Jan. 14, N. W. Green, driven well; June 23, and 
July 14, Sholes, Glidden and Soule, typewriter. 

1870, March 20, Franz Windhausen, refrigerating appa- 
ratus — self-intensification principle (used in making 
liquid air). 

1871, Oct. 17, Gramme and D'lvernois, dynamo; Nov. 28, 
and 1874, March 31, S. D. Locke, self-binder, using 
wire, for reapers. 

1872, May 14 and Nov. 12, J. B. Stearns, duplex telegraphy. 

1873, July 29, Bender, Latrobe and Smith, cantilever 
bridge; Sept. 2, J. B. Fads, cantilever bridge; Dec. 

30, H. Mege, oleomargarine. 

1874, Nov. 17, Sir William Thompson, siphon recorder for 
telegraph cables. 

1875, Feb. 9, M. L. Gorham, self-binder, using twine, for 
reapers. 

1876, ]\Iarch 7, A. G. Bell, telephone, there called ''tele- 
graph"; Sept. 12, F. Wegmann, grinding grain with 
rollers. 

1877, Aug. 14, N. A. Otto, gas engine; Sept 25, Lefeldt 
and Lentsch, centrifugal milk skimmer. 

1878, Feb. 19, T. A. Edison, phonograph ; May 7, and 1879, 
Feb. 11, Chas. F. Brusb, arc light; Oct, 22, Thos. A. 
Edison, quadruplex, t^^^raphy., 



158 TEE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1880, Jan. 3, Camille A. Faure, storage battery ; Jan. 27, 
T. A. Edison, incandescent electric lamp; Feb. 8, J. 
B. Hammond, typewriter. 

1882, Jan. 3, Gaston Plante, storage battery. 

1883, Sept. 25, Edward Weston, arc light. 

1884, Feb. 19, J. W. Hyatt, purifying water. 

1885, May 12, Sawyer and Man, incandescent electric light. 

1886, May 4, Bell and Tainter phonograph; Aug. 10, Elihn 
Thomson, electric wcldiug; Sept. 21, T. S. C. Lowe, 
water gas. 

1888, Jan. 10; 1891, Sept. 29, H. A. Harvey, hardening 
steel; ]\Iay 1, i^icola Tesla, multiphase-current dy- 
namo, 6 patents. 

1890. April 8, Sept. 16, and Oct. 14, Ottmar Mergenthaler, 
linotype; June 3, Alex. McDougall, whaleback steam- 
ers ; Oct. 7, C. A. Von Welsbach, gas burner. 

1891, ISTov. 17, E. Berliner, telephone. 

1895, June 18, and 1896, July 7, T. S. Wilson, acetylene 
gas machiue ; Nov. 5, Geo. R. Selden, automobile. 

1896, Jan. 28, C. A. Parsons, steam turbine; 1898, Aug. 
9, same applied to propellers. 

1897, July 31, Guglielmo Marconi, wireless telegraphy. 

PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

CHRO^rOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

The term of a President and of a Vice-President nor- 
mally begins on the 4th of March of an odd numbered year 
and ends on the 4th of March, four years later. 

PRESIDENTS. 

George Washington, 1789-1797, b. 1732, d. 1799. 
John Adams, 1797-1801. b. 1735, d. 1826. 
Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809, b. 1743, d. 1826. 
James Madison, 1809-1817, b. 1751, d. 1836. 
James Monroe, 1817-1825, b. 1759, d. 1831. 
John Quincv Adams. 1825-1829, b. 1767, d. 1848. 
Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837, b, 1767, d, X845, 



PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS 159 

Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841, b. 1782, d. 1862. 
William H. Harrison, March-April, 1841, b. 1773, d. 

1841. 
John Tyler, 1841-1845, b. 1790, d. 1862. 
James K. Polk, 1845-1849, b. 1795, d. 1849. 
Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850, b. 1784, d. 1850. 
Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853, b. 1800, d. 1874. 
Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857, b. 1804, d. 1869. 
James Buchanan, 1857-1861, b. 1791, d. 1868. 
Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865, b. 1809, d. 1865. 
Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869, b. 1808, d. 1875. 
Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877, b. 1822, d. 1885. 
Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881, b. 1822, d. 1893. 
James A. Garfield, March-Sept., 1881, b. 1831, d. 1881. 
Chester A. Arthur, 1881-1885, b. 1830, d. 1886. 

Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889, b. 1837, d. . 

Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893, b. 1833, d. 1901. 

Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897, b. 1837, d. . 

William McKinley, 1897-1901, b. 1844, d. 1901. 
Theo. Roosevelt, 1901 , b. 1858, d. . 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

John Adams, 1789-1797, b. 1735, d. 1826. 
Thomas Jefferson, 1797-1801, b. 1743, d. 1826. 
Aaron Burr, 1801-1805, b. 1756, d. 1836. 
George Clinton, 1805-1812, b. 1739, d. 1812. 
Elbridge Gerrv, 1813-1814, b. 1744, d. 1814. 
Daniel D. Tompkins, 1817-1825, b. 1774, d. 1825. 
John C. Calhoun, 1825-1832, b. 1782, d. 1850. 
Martin Van Buren, 1833-1837, b. 1782, d. 1862. 
Richard M. Johnson, 1837-1841, b. 1780, d. 1850. 
John Tyler, March-April, 1841, b. 1790, d. 1862. 
George M. Dallas, 1845-1849, b. 1792, d. 1864. 
Millard Fillmore, 1849-1850, b. 1800, d. 1874. 
William R. King, 1853, b. 1786, d. 1853. 
John C. Breckinridge, 1857-1861, b. 1821, d. 1875. 
Hannibal Hamlin, 1861-1865, b. 1809, d. 1891. 
Andrew Johnson, March-April, 1865, b. 1808, d. 1875. 
Schuyler Colfax, 1869-1873, b. 1823, d. 1885. 



160 THE AMEIilCAN DATE BOOK. 

Henry Wilson, 1873-1875, b. 1812, d. 1875. 
William A. Wheeler, 1877-1881, b. 1819, d. 1887. 
Chester A. Arthur, March-Sept., 1881, b. 1830, d. 188G. 
Thomas A. Hendricks, March-Xov. 25, 1885, b. 1819, d. 
1885. 

Levi P. Morton, 1889-1893, b. 1824, d. . 

Adlai E. Stevenson, 1893-1897, b. 1835, d. . 



Garret A. Hobart, 1897-1899, b. 1844, d. 1899. 
Theodore Roosevelt, 1901, b. 1858, d. . 



SENATE PRESIDENTS PRO TEM. 

CHRONOLOGICAL AEEAXGEMENT. 

John Langdon, 1789-1792, b. 1739, d. 1819. 
Richard PI. Lee, 1792, b. 1732, d. 1794. 
John Langdon, 1792-1794, b. 1739, d. 1819. 
Ralph Izard, 1794-1795, b. 1742, d. 1804. 
Henry Tazewell, 1795-1796, b. 1753, d. 1799. 
Samuel Livermore, 1796-1797, b. 1732, d. 1803. 
William Bingham, 1797, b. 1751, d. 1804. 
William Bradford, 1797, b. 1729, d. 1808. 
Jacob Read, 1797-1798, b. 1752, d. 1816. 
Theo. Sedgwick, 1798, b. 1746, d. 1813. 
John Laurence, 1798-1799, b. 1750, d. 1810. 
James Ross, 1799, b. 1762, d. 1847. 
Samuel Livermore, 1799-1800, b. 1732, d. 1803. 
Uriah Tracy, 1800, b. 1755, d. 1807. 
John E. Howard, 1800-1801, b. 1752, d. 1827. 
James Hillhouse, 1801, b. 1754, d. 1832. 
Abraham Baldwin, 1801-1802, b. 1754, d. 1807. 
Stephen R. Bradlev, 1802-1803, b. 1754, d. 1830. 
John Brown, 1803-1804, b. 1757, d. 1837. 
Jesse Franklin, 1804-1805, b. 1758, d. 1823. 
Joseph Anderson, 1805, b. 1757, d. 1837. 
Samuel Smith. 1805-1808, b. 1752, d. 1839. 
Stephen R. Bradlev, 1808-1809, b. 1754, d. 1830. 
John Milledge, 1809, b. 1757, d. 1818. 
Andrew Gregg, 1809-1810, b. 1755, d. 1835. 
John Gaillard, 1810-1811, b. 1765, d. 1826. 



SENATE PRESIDENTS PRO TEM. 161 

John Pope, 1811-1812, b. 1770, d. 1845. 
William XL Crawford, 1812-1813, b. 1772, d. 1834. 
John Gaillard, 1814-1818, b. 17G5, d. 1826. 
Joseph B. A^arnum, 1813-1814, b. 1750, d. 1821. 
James Barbour, 1818-1819, b. 1775. d. 1842. 
John Gaillard, 1820-1826, b. 1765, d. 1826. 
Nathaniel Macon, 1826-3 828, b. 1757, d. 1837. 
Samuel Smith, 1828-1832, b. 1752, d. 1839. 
L. W. Tazewell, 1832, b. 1774, d. 1860. 
Hugh L. White, 1832-1834, b. 1773, d. 1840. 
George Poindexter, 1834-1835, b. 1779, d. 1853. 
John Tyler, 1835-1836, b. 1790, d. 1862. 
William Pv. King, 1836-1841, b. 1786, d. 1853. 
Samuel L. Southard, 1841-1842, b. 1787, d. 1842. 
W. P. Mangum, 1842-1846, b. 1792, d. 1861. ' 
D. E. Atchison, 1846-1849, b. 1807, d. 1886. 
William R. King, 1850-1852, b. 1786, d. 1853. 
D. E. Atchison, 1852-1854, b. 1807, d. 1886. 
Jesse D. Bright, 1854-1857, b. 1812, d. 1875. 
James M. Mason, 1857, b. 1798, d. 1871. 
Benj. Fitzpatrick, 1857-1861, b. 1802, d. 1869. 
Solomon Foot, 1861-1864, b. 1802, d. 1866. 
Daniel Clark, 1864-1865, b. 1809, d. 1891. 
Lafayette S. Foster, 1865-1867, b. 1806, d. 1880. 
Benj. F. Wade, 1867-1869, b. 1800, d. 1878. 
Henry B. Anthony, 1869-1873, b. 1815, d. 1884. 
M. H. Carpenter, 1873-1875, b. 1824, d. 1881. 
Thomas W. Ferry, 1875-1879, b. 1827, d. 1896. 
A. G. Thurman, 1879-1881, b. 1813, d. 1895. 
Thomas F. Bayard, 1881, b. 1828, d. 1898. 
David Davis, 1881-1883, b. 1815, d. 1886. 

George F. Edmunds, 1883-1885, b. 1828, d. . 

John Sherman, 1885-1887, b. 1823, d. 1901. 
John J. Ingalls, 1887-1891, b. 1833, d. 1900. 
C. F. Manderson, 1891-1893, b. 1837, d. 



Isham G. Harris, 1893-1895, b. 1818, d. 1897. 
William P. Frye, 1895-, b. 1831, d. . 



162 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

SLAVEEY ABOLISHED. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT, 

1777, Vermont. 

1780, Pennsylvania, gradual; Massachusetts. 

1783, Xew Hampshire. 

1784, Ehode Island, gradual; Connecticut, gradual. 

1787, Xorthwest Territory, "ordinance of 1787" adopted 

July 13, 1787. 
1799, March 28, New York, gradual. 
1804, Feb. 15, New Jersey, gradual. 
1846, Dec. 28, Iowa, in its constitution. 

1858, May 11, Minnesota, in its constitution. 

1859, Feb. 14, Oregon, in its constitution. 

1861, Jan. 29, Kansas, in its constitution. 

1862, April 16, District of Columia, act of Congress ; July 
17, slaves captured, deserted or fugitive, of persons 
engaged in rebellion, act of Congress. 

1863, tJan. 1, Emancipation Proclamation, not affecting 
slaves in loyal states ; March 26, West Virginia, grad- 
ual after July 4, 1863; June 24, Maryland, gradual. 

1864, Feb. 13, Virginia — part of; Fek 24, negro soldiers, 
act of Congress; Oct. 12, Maryland, final. 

1865, Jan. 16, Missouri; March 3, negro soldiers, wives 
and children, act of Congress; Dec. 18, Article XIII. 
of United States Constitution. 

SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDED. 

1. Artistic. 2. Church-adjunct. 3. College Fraterni- 
ties for Men. 4. College Fraternities for Women. 5. 
Educational. 6. Fraternal. 7. Learned. 8. x/Tiscel- 
laneous. 9. Patriotic. 10. Religio-Scientific. 11. South- 
ern Confederacy. 12. Women's Associations. Alphabeti- 
cal arrangement under each sub-title. 

1. ARTISTIC. 

National Academy of Design, Jan. 19, 1826; National 
Arts Club, 1899 ; National Sculpture Society, 1896. 



SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDED. 163 



2. CIIURCII-ADJUNCT SOCIETIES. 

American Bible Society, 187G; American Board of Com- 
missioners for Foreign Missions, 1816 ; American 
Tract Society, 1825. 

Baptist Young People's Union of xVmerica, 1891 ; Brother- 
hood of Andrew and Philip, 1893 ; Brotherhood of St. 
Andrew, 1883. 

Christian and Missionary Alliance, 1887 ; Church Temper- 
ance Society, 1881. 

Daughters of the King, The, 1885. 

Epworth League, 1889 ; Epworth liCague of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, South, 1891. 

King's Daughters and Sons, International Order of the, 
1886. 

Luther League of America, 1888. 

National Spiritualists' Association, 1893. 

Salvation Army, founded in England, 1865 ; Society of St. 
Vincent de Paul, Franco, 1833, America, 1846; Stu- 
dent Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, 1886, 
organized 1888. 

United Society of Advocates of Christian Fidelity, Aug. 
13, 1888; name changed to United Society of Baptist 
Young People, 1897. 

Young Men's Christian Association, London, England, 
June 6, 1844; Montreal, Canada, Dec. 9, 1851; Bos- 
ton, Mass., Dec. 29, 1851 ; Young People's Christian 
Union, The, 1890; Young People's Society of Chris- 
tian Endeavor, 1881 ; Young Women's Christian Asso- 
ciation, American Committee, 1886. 

Volunteers of America, 1896. 

Women's Christian Temperance Union, 1874. 

3. COLLEGE FRATERNITIES FOR MEN. 

Alpha Delta Phi, Hamilton, 1832; Alpha Chi Eho, Trin- 
ity, 1895; Alpha Tau Omega, Virginia Military In- 
stitute, 1865. 

Beta Theta Pi, Miami, 1839. 

Chi Phi, Princeton, 1854; Chi Psi, Union, 1841. 



164 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Delta Kappa Epsilon, Yale, 1844; Delta Phi, Union, 1827; 
Delta Psi, Columbia, 1847 ; Delta Tau Delta, Bethany, 
1860 ; Delta Upsilon, Williams, 1834. 

Kappa Alpha, Union, 1825; Kappa Alpha (Southern), 
Washington and Leu, ISGi; Kappa Sigma, Virginia. 
1867. 

Mu Pi Lambda, Washington and Lee, 1875. 

Phi Delta Theta, Miami, 1848 ; Phi Gamma Delta, Jeffer- 
son, 1848; Phi Kappa Psi, Jefferson, 1852'; Phi Phi 
Phi, Austin, 1894; Phi Kappa Sigma, University of 
Pennsylvania, 1850; Phi Sigma Kappa, Massachu- 
setts Agricultural College, 1873; Pi Kappa Alpha, 
University of Virginia, 18G8; Psi Upsilon, Union, 
1833. 

Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alabama, 1856; Sigma Chi, Miami, 
1855; Sigma Nu, Virginia Military Institute, 1869; 
Sigma Phi, Union, 1827. 

Theta Delta Chi, Union, 1847. 

Zeta Psi, Kew York University, 1846. 

4. COLLEGE FRATERNITIES FOR WOMEN. 

Alpha Phi, Syracuse, 1872. 

Delta Delta Delta, Boston, 1889; Delta Gamma, Missis- 
sippi, 1872. 

Gamma Phi Beta, Syracuse, 1874. 

Kappa Alpha Theta, De Pauw, 1870; Kappa Kappa 
Gamma, Monmouth, 1870. 

Pi Beta Phi, Monmouth, 1867. 

5. EDUCATIONAL. 

American Library Association, 1876 ; American Society 
for the Extension of UniveTsity Teaching, 1890. 

Catholic Summer School of America, 1892; Chautauqua 
Literary and Scientific Circle, 1878; Chautauqua As- 
sembly,' 1874. 

John F. Slater Fund, 1882. 

Peabody Education Fund, 1867 and 1869. 



SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDED. 165 



6. FRATERNAL. 

American Legion of Honor, 1878; American Mechanics, 
United Order of, 1845 ; American Mechanics, Junior 
Order of, 1853. 

Ben Hnr, Tribe of, 1894 ; B'nai B'rith, Independent Order 
of, 1843 ; Brith Abraham Order, 1859. 

Catholic Benevolent Legion, 1881 ; Catholic Knights of 
America, 1877; Chosen Friends, 1879. 

Druids, United Ancient Order of, 1839 in America. 

Elks, Benevolent and Protective Order of, 1868. 

Foresters, Ancient Order of, 1836, in America; Foresters 
of America, 1864; Foresters, Independent Order of, 
1874; Fraternal Mystic Circle, The, 1884; Freema- 
sons, 1730, Dec. 8, Pennsylvania Gazette mentions the 
craft as existing in America ; Free Sons of Israel, In- 
dependent Order of, 1849. 

Golden Chain, 1881; Good Fellows, Royal Society of, 
1882. 

Lleptasophs, Improved Order of, 1878; Hibernians of 
America, Ancient Order of, 1836; Home Circle, 1879. 

Irish Catholic Benevolent Legion, 1869. 

Knights and Ladies of Honor, 1877; Knights of Honor, 
1873; Knights of Malta, 1889, in America; Knights 
of St. John and Malta, 1883 ; Knights of the Golden 
Eagle, 1873 ; Knights of the Maccabees, 1881 ; Knights 
of Pythias, 1881. 

Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association, 1890. 

National Provident Union, 1883; National Union, 1881; 
NewEngland Order of Protection, 1887. 

Odd Fellows, Baltimore, April 13, 1819. 

Pilgrim Fathers, United Order of, 1879. 

Rechabites, Independent Order of, 1842, in America; Eed 
Men, Improved Order of, 1763, re-founded 1834; 
Royal Templars of Temperance, 1870. 

Scottish Clans, Order of, 1878 ; Sons of Temperance, 1842. 

United Friends, 1881; United Workmen, Ancient Order 
of, 1868. 

Woodmen of America, Fraternity of Modern, 1883 ; Wood- 
men of the World, 1891. 



166 THE AMEniCAN DATS: BOOK. 



7. LEARNED SOCIETIES. 

Actuarial Society of America, 1889 ; Alaska Geographical 
Society, 1898; American Academy of Medicine, Sept. 
6, 1876 ; American Academy of Political and Social 
Science, 1889 ; American Antiquarian Society ; Ameri- 
can Asiatic Association, 1898; American Bar Associa- 
tion, 1898; American Chemical Society, 1876; Ameri- 
can Dental Association, 1859 ; Southern Dental Asso- 
ciation, 1869; consolidated Aug. 5, 1897, as National 
Dental Association; American Dialect Society, 1889; 
American Economic Association, Sept. 8, 1885 ; Amer- 
ican Electro-Therapeutic Society, 1890 ; American En- 
tomological Society, 1859 ; American Fisheries Soci- 
ety, 1870; American Folklore Society, 1888; Ameri- 
can Forestry Association, 1882, incorporated Jan. 25, 
1897 ; American Geographical Societ}', 1852 ; Ameri- 
can Genealogical Society, 1900; American Historical 
Association, 1884; American Institute of Architects, 
1857; American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 
April 15, 1884; American Institute of Homoeopathy, 
1844; American Institute of Instruction, Massachu- 
setts, 1831; American Institute of Mining Engineers, 
1871 ; American Mathematical Society, 1894 ; Ameri- 
can Medical Association, May, 1846 ; American Micro- 
scopical Society, 1891; American Numismatic and 
Archaslogical Society, 1858; American Oriental So- 
ciety, 1842 ; American Ornithologists' Union, 1883 ; 
American Philological Association, 1869 ; American 
Philosophical Society, 1743; American Psychological 
Association, 1892; American Social Science Associa- 
tion, 1865; American Society of Civil Engineers, 
1852; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 
1881; American Society of Naturalists, April 10, 
1883 ; American Statistical Association, 1839 ; Arch- 
ffiological Institute, New York Society, Nov. 19, 1884 ; 
Astronomical and Astrophysical Association, Sept. 8, 
1899. 

Geological Society of America, 1888. 



SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDED. 167 

National Academy of Sciences, 1863; National Gcograpjiio 

Society, Jan. 20, 18S8. 
Physical Society, The, May 20, 1898. 
Scientific Alliance of New York, 1891; Society for the 

Promotion of Agricultural Science, Aug. 24, 1880. 

8. MISCELLANEOUS. 

American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833; x^merican Federa- 
tion of Labor, Dec, 1886, Columbus, 0.; American- 
Irish Historical Society, 1897 ; American National Red 
Cross, 1881. 

Grangers or Patrons of Husbandry, organized Washington, 
D. C, Dec. 1, 1867. 

Huguenot Society of America, 1883. 

Irish National Federation of America, 1891; lapsed in 
1900 and succeeded by United Irish League. 

Knights of Labor, 1869, Philadelphia; Ku Klux Klan, 
about 1867; first election of the order, May, 1867; 
"Force bill" against them, April 20, 1871; Grant's 
first proclamation against them, in South Carolina, 
Oct. 12, 1871, suspension of habeas corpus, Oct. 17, 
1871, overthrown by Feb. 1, 1872. 

League of American Wheelmen, May 31, 1880. 

"Molly Maguires," 1870. 

Scotch-Irish Society in America, 1889 ; Society of Ameri- 
can Authors, founded as American Authors' Guild, 
1892, incorporated 1895, name changed 1899 ; Society 
of Tammany or Columbian Order, 1789 ; St. Crispin, 
Knights of the Order of, first lodge organized Milwau- 
kee, Wis., March 1, 1867, by 1878 ceased to exist. 

9. PATRIOTIC. 

Aztec Club of 1847, 1847. 

Cincinnati, Society of the, 1783; Colonial Dames of Amer- 
ica, 1890; Colonial Wars, Society of, 1892. 

Dames of the Eevolution, 1896; Daughters of Holland 
Dames, Society of the, Dec. 5, 1895 ; Daughters of the 
Bevqlution, 1891 ; Daughters of the American Revolu- 



168 THE AMERICAN DA TE BOOK, 

tion, 1890; Distinguished Service Order of the 
U. S. A., 1899. 

Eleventh Army Corps x\ssociation, 1890. 

Founders and Patriots of America, Order of, 1896. 

Grand Army of the Republic, 1366. 

Indian Wars of the United States, Order of, 1896. 

Medal of Honor Legion, April 23, 1890; Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion, 1865 ; Military Order of Foreign 
Wars, 1894; Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1851. 

National Association of Naval Veterans, 1887 ; National 
Society of the Colonial Dames of iimerica. May 19, 
1892 ; Naval Order of St. Louis, 1898 ; Naval Order 
of the United States, 1890. 

Regular Army and Navy Union, 1888. 

Settlers and Defenders of America, 1899; Society of May- 
flower Descendants, 1891; Society of the Army of the 
Cumberland, 1868; Society of the Army of the Po- 
tomac, 1868; Society of the Army of Tennessee, 1865 ; 
Society of the War of 1812, 1826; Sons of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, 1889 ; Sons of the Revolution, 1875 ; 
Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., 1879 ; Spanish- American 
War, National Society of the, 1898; Spanish- Ameri- 
can War, Naval and Military Order of the, 1899; 
Spanish War Veterans, Mav 23, 1898. 

U. S. Daughters of 1812, Jan. 3, 1873. 

Woman's Relief Corps, July 25, 1883. 

10. RELIGIO-SCIENTIFIO. 

Christian Science, 1866. 
Universal Brotherhood, The, 1898. 

11. SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. 

Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States, 

1871. 
United Confederate Veterans, 1889 ; United Daughters of 

the Confederacy, 1894; United Sons of Confederate 

Veterans, 1900. 



SPEAKERS OF HOUSE OF RKPRESEFTATIYEB. 169 



12. women's associations. 

General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1893. 
National Council of Women, 1888. 
Sorosis, 1868. 



SPEAKERS OF HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

(1) F. A. Muhlenburg, 1789-1791, b. 1750, d. 1801. 

(2) Jonathan Trumbull, 1791-1793, b. 1740, d. 1809. 

(3) F. A. Muhlenburg, 1793-1795, b. 1750, d. 1801. 
(4, 5) Jonathan Dayton, 1795-1799, b. 1760, d. 1824. 
(6) Theo. Sedgwick, 1799-1801, b. 1746, d. 1813. 
(7-9) Nathaniel Macon, 1801-1807, b. 1757, d. 1837. 
(10-11) Joseph B. Varnum, 1807-1811, b. 1750, d. 1821. 
(12-13) Henry Clay, 1811-1814, b. 1777, d. 1852. 
(13) Langdon Cheves, 1814-1815, b. 1776, d. 1857. 
(14-16) Henry Clay, 1815-1820, b. 1777, d. 1852. 

(16) John W. Taylor, 1820-1821, b. 1784, d. 1854. 

(17) Philip P. Barbour, 1821-1823, b. 1783, d. 1841. 

(18) Henry Clay, 1823-1825, b. 1777, d. 1852. 

(19) John W. Taylor, 1825-1827, b. 1784, d. 1854. 
(20-23) Andrew Stevenson, 1827-1834, b. 1784, d. 1857. 
(23) John Bell, 1834-1835, b. 1797, d. 1869. 

(24-25) James K. Polk, 1835-1839, b. 1795, d. 1849. 

(26) Pv. M. T. Hunter, 1839-1841, b. 1809, d. 1887. 

(27) John White, 1841-1843, b. 1805, d. 1845. 

(28) John W. Jones, 1843-1845, b. 1805, d. 1848. 

(29) John W. Davis, 1845-1847, b. 1799, d. 1850. 

(30) Robert C. Winthrop, 1847-1849, b. 1809, d. 1894. 

(31) Howell Cobb, 1849-1851, b. 1815, d. 1868. 
(32-33) Linn Bovd, 1851-1855. b. 1800, d. 1859. 

(34) Nathaniel P. Banks, 1855-1857, b. 1816, d. 1894. 

(35> James L. Orr, 1857-1859, h. 1822, d. 1873. 

(36) AVm. Pennington, 1859-1861, b. 1796, d. 1862. 

(37) Galusha A, Grow, 1861-1863, b. 1823, d. ^, 



170 THE AMERTCAN DATE BOOK. 

(38-40) Schuyler Colfax, 1863-1869, b. 1823, d. 1885. 
(41-43) James G. Blaine, 1869-1875, b. 1830, d. 1893. 
(44) Michael C. Kerr, 1875-1876, b. 1827, d. 1876. 
(44-46) Samuel J. Eandall, 1876-1881. b. 1828, d. 1890. 

(47) John AY. Keifer, 1881-1883, b. 1836. d. . 

(48-50) John G. Carlisle, 1883-1889, b. 1835, d. . 

(51) Thomas B. Eeed, 1889-1891, b. 1839, d. . 

(52-53) Charles F. Crisp, 1891-1895, b. 1845, d. 1896. 

(54-55) Thomas B. Eeed, 1895-1899, b. 1839, d. . 

(56-57) David B. Henderson, 1899, b. 1840, d. . 



SPOETIXG EVENTS. 

1. America's Cup. 2. Pugilism. Chronological arrange- 
ment under each sub-title. 

1. America's cup. 

1851, Aug. 22, American yacht America won in race around 
Isle of Wight, England, against 14 British yachts. 
British yacht Aurora finished second. 

1857, Cup presented to New York Yacht Club and made 
perpetual challenge cup. 

1870, Aug. 8, fleet of American yachts sailed against Brit- 
ish yacht Cambria, off New York, American yacht 
Magic won. 

1871, Oct. 16-23, American yacht Colurnhia beat Livonia. 
1876, Aug. 11, 12, American yacht Madeleine beat Cana- 
dian Countess of Dufferin. 

1881, Nov. 9, 10, American yacht Mischief beat Canadian 
yacht Atalanta. 

1882, New York Yacht Club returned cup to George L. 
Schuyler; again presented to New York Yacht Club 
under new conditions. 

1885, Sept. 14, 16, American yacht Puritan beat British 
yacht Genesta. 

1886, Sept. 7, 11, American yacht Mayflower beat British 
yacht Galatea. 

1887, Sept. 27, 29, American yacht Volunteer beat British 
yacht Thistle^ 



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1888, May 17, new conditions established by New York 
Yacht Club. 

1889, Lord Dunraven challenged, naming the Valkyrie, 
but, through misunderstanding, no race. 

1890, correspondence but no race. 

1893, Oct. 5-13, American yacht Vigilant beat British 
yacht Valkyrie II. 

1895, Sept. 7-12, American yacht Defender beat British 
yacht Valkyrie HI. 

1899, Oct. 3-20, American yacht Columbia beat British 
yacht Shamrock. 

1901, Sept. 28-Oct. 4, American yacht Columbia beat Brit- 
ish yacht Shamrock II. 

2. PUGILISM. 

1816, Jacob Hyer ("Tom's" father) against Thos. Beasley. 
181:9, Feb. 7, 'Tom Hyer vanquished "Yankee Sullivan" 

(F. A. Murray), Rock Point, Md. 
1854, July 27, Bill Poole vanquished John Morrissey, at 

Amos Dock, N. Y. 
1858, Oct. 29, John Morrissey vanquished John C. Heenan, 

at Long Point. Canada. 
1860, April 17, John C. Heenan fought Tom Sayers, at 

Farnsborough, England; Sayers' friends stopped the 

contest. 

1888, John L. Sullivan fought Charles Mitchell in France, 
a "draw.'' 

1889, John L. Sullivan vanquished Jack Kilrain, at Eich- 
burg. Miss. 

1892, Sept. 7, James J. Corbett vanquished John L. Sulli- 
van, at Nev/ Orleans, La. 

1894, Jan. 25, James J. Corbett vanquished Charles Mitch- 
ell, at Jacksonville, Fla. 

1895, Nov. 11, Peter Maher defeated Steve O'Donnell, at 
Maspeth, L. I. 

1897, March 17, Robert Fitzsimmons defeated J. J. Cor- 
bett at Carson City, Nev. 

1899, June 9, James J. Jeffries defeated Robert Fitzsim- 
mons, at Coney Island, N. Y, 



172 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 



SUPEEME COUKT DECISIONS OF GENEEAL IN- 
TEEEST. 

CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

Federal Powers. The government of the United States 
is one of enumerated and delegated powers. Marlin vs. 
Hunters Lessee, 1 Wheaton, 304 (1818). 

State Powers. The States cannot tax the agencies or 
loans of the United States. McCullough vs. Maryland, 4 
Wheaton, 316 (1819). 

Negro Citizenship. A. free negro whose ancestors were 
brought here from Africa and sold as slaves is not a citizen 
under the Constitution. Scott vs. Sandford — "Dred Scott 
case"— 19 U. S.,, 393 (Mar. 6, 1857). 

The Union. "The Constitution, in all of its provisions, 
looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructi- 
ble States." Texas vs. White, 7 AVallace, 725 (1868). 

State Powers. The 14th amendment does not take from 
the States, police powers reserved to them at the adoption 
of the Constitution. Slaughter House cases, 16 Wallace, 
36 (1872). 

Trademarks. The United States has not the power to 
protect trademarks broadly and unconditionallv. Trade- 
mark cases, 100 U. S., 82 (Nov. 17, 1879). 

State Debts. A state lav,', taking from its officer the 
power to carry out its contract, embodied in its bonds, is 
unconstitutional. The officer cannot be forced to act in 
a case to which the state is not a party. La. vs. Jumel, 
2 Sup. Ct. Eep., 128 (Mar. 5, 1883). 

Legal Tenders. Legal tender notes issued by the United 
States are constitutional. Legal Tender cases, 110 U. S., 
421 (Mar. 3, 1884). 

Polygamy. The Act of Congress of March 22, 1882, dis- 
franchising polygamists in the torritories is constitutional 
and not ex post facto or retroactive. Murphy vs. Ramsey, 
5 Sup. Ct. Eep., 747 (Mar. 23, 1885). 

Oleomargarine. The Pennsylvania law of May 24, 
1885, prohibiting manufacture of counterfeit butter and 



8UPBEME COURT DECISIONS. 173 

cheese is valid. Poivell vs. Penn. 8, Sup. Ct. Rep., 999 
(April 9, 1888). 

Chinese Exclusion Act. The act of October 1, 1888, 
is valid even though it violates existing treaties. Chae 
Chan Ping vs. U. S., 9 Sup. Ct. Rep., 623 (May 13, 1889). 

Original Packages. A state has no power to prevent 
liquor being brought into it from another state; nor to 
])rovent its sale, in the original package, bv a non-resident. 
Bowman vs. C. & N. W. Ry. Co., 8 Sup. Ct.^tep., GS9 (Mar. 
19, 1888), Leisy vs. Hardin, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep. 681 (April 
28, 1890). 

Income Taxes, Etc., United States taxes on real estate 
and on personal property and its income are unconstitu- 
tional. Polloch vs. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., 15 Sup. 
Ct. Rep., 912 (May 20, 1895). 

Interstate Traffic. The act which voids vicious trans- 
portation contracts is valid. U. 8. vs. Joint Trafjlc Assoc, 
19 Supreme Ct. Rep., 25 (Oct. 24, 1898). 

Cuba. Though under the control of the United States 
per act of June 6, 1900, Cuba is foreign country for extra- 
dition purposes. Neelcy vs. Ilinkel, 21 Sup. Ct. Rep., 302 
(Jan. 24, 1901). 

Porto Rico. Porto Rico, by its cession, became terri- 
tory appurtenant to, but not a part of, the United States, 
within the meaning of the Constitution ; the imposition of 
duties bv Congress was constitutional. Downes vs. Bid- 
well, 21^Sup. Ct. Rep., 770 (May L7, 1901). Porto Rico 
was a "foreign country," under United States revenue law, 
before its cession, and while under United States military 
occupation ; at such time the war power of the United 
States might impose duties on importations, but not after 
tiio cession. Doolcy vs. U. S., 21 Sup. Ct. Rep., 762 (May 
27, 1901). Porto Rico is not "foreign country" within the 
meaning of the Dingley tariff act of July 24, 1897, impos- 
ing duties upon articles "imported from foreign countries." 
De Lima vs. Bidwell, 21 Sup. Ct. Rep., 743 (May 27, 
1901). 

PiiiLiPriNE Islands. Duties cannot be collected on 
goods passing between the United States (on the continent 
of North America) and these islands. (N"o statute law, 
in the matter, existed.) The Diamond Rings, 22 Sup. Ct. 
Rep., 59 (Dec. 2, 1901). 



174 TEE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

SUPKEME COURT JUSTICES. 

CHRON'OLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

Names of chief justices are in italics. 
John Jay, 1789-1795, b. 1745, cl. 1839. 
John Eutledge, 1789-1791, b. 1739, d. 1800. 
William Cushing, 1789-1810, b. 1733, d. 1810. 
James Wilson, 1789-1798, b. 1742, d. 1798. 
John Blair, 1789-1796, b. 1732, d. 1800. 
Robert H. Harrison, 1789-1790, b. 1745, d. 1790. 
James Iredell, 1790-1799, b. 1751, d. 1799. 
Thomas Johnson, 1791-1793, b. 1732, d. 1819. 
William Paterson, 1793-180(5, b. 1745, d. 1806. 
John Rutledge, 1795-1795, b. 1739, d. 1800. 
Samuel Chase, 1796-1811, b. 1741, d. 1811. 
Oliver Ellsivorth, 1796-1800; b. 1745, d. 1807. 
Bushrod Washin^rton, 1798-1S29, b. 1762, d. 1829. 
Alfred Moore, l'f99-1804, b. 1755, d. 1810. 
John Marshall, 1801-1835, b. 1755, d. 1835. 
William Johnson, 1804-1834, b. 1771, d. 1834. 
Brockholst Livingston. 1806-1823, b. 1757, d. 1833. 
Thomas Todd, 1807-1826, b. 1765, d. 1826. 
Joseph Story, 1811-1845, b. 1779, d. 1845. 
Gabriel Duval, 1811-1836, b. 1752, d. 1844. 
Smith Thompson. 1823-1843, b. 1767, d. 1843. 
Robert Trimble, 1826-1828. b. 1777, d. 1828. 
John McLean, 1829-1861. b. 1785, d. 1861. 
Henry Baldwin, 1830-1844. b. 1779, d. 1844. 
James M. Wavne, 1835-1867. b. 1790, d. 1867. 
Roger B. Taney, 1836-1864. b. 1777, d. 1864. 
Philip P. Barbour, 1836-181-1, b. 1783, d. 1841. 
John Catron, 1837-1865, b. 1786, d. 1865. 
John McKinlev, 1837-1852, b. 1780, d. 1852. 
Peter V. Daniel, 1841-1860, b. 1785. d. 1860. 
Samuel Nelson, 1845-1872. b. 1792, d. 1873. 
Levi Woodburv, 1845-1851, b. 1789, d. 1851. 
Robert C. Crier, 1846-1870, b. 1794, d. 1870. 
Benj. R. Curtis, 1851-1857, b. 1809, d. 1874. 
John A. Campbell, 1853-1861, b. 1811, d. 1889, 



TARIFF ACTS AND PROCLAMATIONS. l^o 

Nathan Clifford, 1858-1881, b. 1803, d. 1881. 
Noah H. Swavne, 1861-1881, b. 1804, d. 1884. 
Samuel F. Miller, 180^-1890, b. 1816, d. 1890. 
David Davis, 1862-1877, b. 1815, d. 1886. 
Stephen J. Field, 1863-1897, b. 1816, d. 1899. 
Salmon P. Chase, 1861-1873, b. 1808, d. 1873. 
William Strong, 1870-1880, b. 1808, d. 1895. 
Joseph P. Bradley, 1870-1892, b. 1813, d. 1892. 
Ward Hunt, 1872-1882, b. 1811, d. 1886. 
Morrison R. Waite, 1874-1888, b. 1816, d. 1888. 

John M. Harlan, 1877-, b. 1833, d. . 

William B. Woods, 1880-1887, b. 1824, d. 1887. 
Stanley Matthews, 1881-1889, b. 1824, d. 1889. 

Horace Gray, 1881-, b. 1828, d. . 

Samuel Blatchford, 1882-1893, b. 1820, d. 1893. 
Lucius Q. C. Lamar, 1888-1893, b. 1825, d. 1893. 

Melville W. FiiUer, 1888-, b. 1833, d. . 

David J. Brewer, 1889-, b. 1837, d. . 

Henry B. Brown, 1890-, b. 1836, d. . 

George Shiras, Jr., 1892-, b. 1832, d. . 

Howell E. Jackson, 1893-1895, b. 1832, d. 1895. 

Edward D. White, 1893-, b. 1845, d. . 

Eufus W. Peckham, 1895-, b. 1837, d. . 

Joseph McKenna, 1898-, b. 1843, d. . 

TARIFF ACTS AND PEOCLAMATIONS. 

CHRON-OLOGICAL ARRAN-QEMENT. 

The descriptive matter gives only the dominant note. 

1789, July 4, General. 

1790, Aug. 10, General; Dec. 27, Explanatory. 

1791, March 2, Refers to lead and cotton goods; IT^M, 
March 2, Collection of duties on distilled liquors ; es- 
tablishes collection districts. 

1792, May 2, General. 

1793, Feb. 27, Removes duties from breeding animals. 

1794, June 5, two acts; first relates to distilled spirits; sec- 
ond, enacts duty on tobacco, snuff, and refined sugar. 

1794, June 7, General. 

1795, Jan. 29 ; explanatory and a few new duties. 



176 THE AMEItlGAN DATE BOOK. 

1797, March 3, two acts; first, a few additional duties — 
also explanations — and modification of drawbacks; 
second, suspends duties on snuff-mills and imple- 
ments; July 8, concerning duties on salt. 

1798, April 7, continues act of June 5, 1794, for limited 
time. 

1800, May 7, Continues salt duty for limited time; May 
13, A few additions to existing duties. 

1803, May 1, Eelates to collection districts. 

1804, Feb. 24, Applies existing duties to the "Louisiana 
Purchase"; March 26, Adds to existing duties, to 
carry on war with the Barbary states ; March 27, Gen- 
eral. 

1805, March 3, Gives home vessels preference over foreign. 

1806, April 21, Continues part of the tariff for the war with 
the "Barbary Powers" for a limited time. 

1807, March 3, Eepcals duties on salt; repeals bounties on 
salt provisions and pickled fish and continues the Bar- 
bary War tariff for a time. 

1808, Jan. 19, Continues the Barbary War tariff for a time; 
March 4, Removes duties from old copper, sulphur 
and saltpetre. 

1809, Jan. 10, Continues the Barbary War tariff for a time. 

1810, Jan. 12, Revives an expired part of the original Bar- 
bary War tariff. 

1812, Jan. 31, Continues a part of the Barbary War tariff 
for a time ; July 1, Adds 100 per cent, on goods in for- 
eign vessels; tonnage tax of $1.50 per ton on foreign 
vessels ; to continue 1 year after end of war with Great 
Britain. 

1813, Feb. 25, Assimilates duty on iron wire to that on 
iron ; Feb. 27, part of the Barbary War tariff continued 
for a time ; July 29, lays duty on salt. 

1815, March 3, Repeals discrimination between home and 
foreign vessels, as to nations not discriminating 
against United States. 

1816, Feb. 5, Continues the act of July 1, 1812 (100 per 
cent, addition, etc.) to June 30, 1816, after that 42 
per cent, additional ; March 1. Repeals discriminating 
duties as regards Great Britain ; April 27, General. 

1817, Jan. 14, Enacts tonnage tax of $2 per ton on vessels 



TARIFF ACTS AND PROCLAMATIONS. 177 

coming from ports where United States vessels not 
permitted to trade ; March 3, three acts ; first, tonnage 
tax of $2 per ton on vessels from unfriendly ports; 
second, concerns Canadian goods via Lake Champlain ; 
third, same as act of Jan. 14, 1817. 

1818, April 20; Methods to be followed at custom houses; 
April 20, four acts; first, methods of levying; second, 
changes as to some articles; third, changes as to some 
other articles ; fourth, relates to distilled spirits. 

1819, March 3, Eclates to wines and discriminates against 
foreign vessels. 

1820, April 28, Continues the first of the acts of April 20, 
1818, for a time; May 15, Makes tonnage on French 
ships $18 per ton. 

I 1822, May 6, Offers repeal of discrimination against Brit- 
ish and French vessels when Great Britain and France 
remove restrictions. 

1823, March 3, Imposes on French goods, in French bot- 
toms, an additional and discriminating duty of $3.75 
per ton of merchandise — according to convention of 
June 21, 1822. 

1824, Jan. 7, Authorizes President to discontinue duties 
discriminating against European countries in cases 
when they cease to discriminate against the United 
States; May 22, General. 

1825, Feb. 11, Kemits duties on books, etc., for Congres- 
sional Library. 

1826, April 20, Repeals discriminating duties as regards 
Colombia. 

1828, May 9, Eepeals discriminating duties as regards Mar- 
tinique and Guadaloupe goods coming in French bot- 
toms; May 19, two acts; first, makes free, books in 
Greek and Latin printed before 1775 ; second, general; 
May 24, two acts; first, authorizes President to stop 
discrimination, as to nations ceasing to discriminate 
against LTnited States, especially Prussia; second, re- 
lates to wines. 

1830, May 20, Duty on tea, coffee, and cocoa ; May 29, three 
acts; first, duty on molasses and spirits; second, on 
salt ; third, authorizes President to remove discrimina- 



178 TEE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

tion as to British islands when same are made free to 
United States — done October 5, 1830. 

1832, July 13, No higher tonnage on Spanish than on 
American vessels; July 14, two acts; first, general; 
second, concerning railroad iron. 

1833, March 2, three acts; first, concerning bonded ware- 
houses; second, gradual reduction of duties exceeding 
20 per cent. ; third, suspending a part of the first act of 
this date for a time and imposing duty on "copper bot- 
toms.^^ 

1834, June 30, two acts ; first, suspending a part of the gen- 
eral act of July 14, 1832 ; second, concerning duty on 
lead. 

1835, March 3, Further suspending a part of the general 
act of July 14, 1832. 

1836, July 1, Explanatory as to railroad iron ; July 4, Sus- 
pending discrimination against Portugal and concern- 
ing duty on wines. 

1838, May 1, Repealing certain provisos in act of July 14, 
1832 ; July 7, relieving from duty coal in an arriving 
vessel intended for consumption thereon. 

1839, March 3, Concerning duties paid under protest. 

1841, Sept. 11, General. 

1842, Aug. 30, General. 

1845, Feb. 26, Explanatory of act of March 3, 1839 ; March 
3, removing discrimination against French vessels 
from Miguelon and St. Pierre on allowance of like 
privileges to American vessels going there. 

1846, July 30, General ; Aug. 3, concerning duty on coffee 
and refunding certain tonnage taxes on Spanish ves- 
sels; Aug. 6, concerning custom house methods. 

1848, March 29, Remitting duty on books imported for 
Congressional Library in 1848. 

1 854, Aug. 5, Admitting natural produce of British North 
American provinces free, on reciprocal action by Great 
Britain. 

1855, March 2, Refunding certain duties on fish, etc., from 
British North American provinces; so proclaimed 
March 16, 1855. 

1857, March 3, Two acts; first, general; second, explana- 
tory of first. 



TAUIFF ACTS AND PROULAMATtONS, 179 

1858, Feb. 25, Proclamation removing discriminating du- 
ties as regard the Pontifical states. 

1861, March 2, two acts; first, general, the "Morrill Tar- 
iff" ; second, when first to take effect ; July 25, refund- 
ing duties paid on arms; Aug. 5, specific duties on 
certain imports; Dec. 24, increasing duties on tea, 
coffee, and sugar. 

1862, Jan. 11, Explanatory of act of Dec. 24, 1861; Feb. 
25, duties to be paid in coin or demand notes; April 
2, remitting and refunding duty on arms; July 14, 
general. 

1863, March 3, Methods, fines and penalties ; March 3, two 
acts; first, methods and penalties; second, concerning 
bonded goods and duty on a few articles. 

1864, Jan. 28, Proclamation of customs with Japan; April 
29, adding 50 per cent, to existing duties except on 
unsized printing paper; June 30, general. 

1865, Feb. 28, Punishment of smuggling; March 3, gener- 
ally amendatory of act of June 30, 1864. 

1866, March 16, Continuing remission of duties on Maine 
lumber ''^sawed or hewed in New Brunswick" ; May 
16, 20 per cent, on live stock; June 1, same in sub- 
stance as act of March 16, 1866; July 28, some 
changes in duties, some changes in methods. 

1867, Feb. 14, Treaty with Madagascar, Americans to pay 
10 per cent. *^^on both exports and imports in Mada- 
gascar" ; March 2, two acts ; first, frees lastings, etc., 
and beet-root sugar machinery ; second, changes duties 
on wool and woolen manufactures ; March 22, amends 
the act last mentioned as to combing wool ; March 25, 
duty on umbrellas, sunshades, etc. ; March 26, makes 
free objects of art intended as gifts to federal, state, 
or municipal governments, and some minor matters; 
March 29, amending act of March 2, 1867, also joint 
resolution of that date. 

1868, Feb. 3, Makes cotton free. 

1869, Feb. 19, Machinery for repair to be dutiable; Feb. 
24, increases duty on copper ore; vetoed and passed 
over veto. 

1870, July 14, General; Dec. 22, sugar duties. 

1871, Jan. 30, Fixing time that act of July 14, 1870, took 



180 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

effect; Feb. 10, concerning supplies for vessels bought 
in an adjacent British province. 

1872, March 5, Objects of art, for exhibition, to be duty 
free ; April 5, gifts for sufferers by Chicago fire to be 
free ; May 1, tea and coffee to be free after July 1 ; 
June 6, general; June 10, concerning refunds; Sept. 
4, proclamation removing discriminating taxes from 
Japanese vessels. 

1873, Feb. 14, Refunding discriminating duties on goods 
in French vessels; March 3, two acts; first, fish, etc., 
from British provinces free — carriage, free, from 
United States ports into Canada ; second, explana- 
tory. 

1874, May 9, Repayment of duties on fruit suspended ; June 
3, effect of former acts; June 18, goods for Centennial 
Exposition, free; June 23, two acts; first, sunk and 
abandoned merchandise, free; second, statute of limi- 
tations, as to refunds and penalties. 

1875, Feb. 8, General but of limited scope; ]\Iarch 3, two 
acts; first, relates to spirits, tobacco, cigars, and mo- 
lasses; second, concerns methods; June 3, proclama- 
tion of reciprocity with Hawaii. 

1876, June 12, Remits duties to Peter Wright & Sons. 

1882, May 4, Repeal of discriminating duties on certain 
goods produced east of Cape of Good Hope when im- 
ported from places west of same ; Dec. 23, amends the 
last act and levies certain duties on the goods specified. 

1883, March 3, Articles for Denver Exposition to be free; 
March 3, general, the "Mills Tariff." 

1884, March 11, The "Morrison Tariff Bill' was reported to 
the House, reducing most duties 20 per cent, and put- 
ting some articles on free list; killed in the House, 
May 6. 1884; June 26, articles in bond, withdrawn 

■ for supplies for foreign vessels, free; drawback on 
vessels built for foreign account. 

1890, Feb. 18, Amending act of March 3, 1883, as to milli- 
ners' goods; June 10, Methods; creates general ap- 
praisers; Oct. 1, general, thp "McKinley Tariff"; 
Dec. 15, rebates on tobacco and snuff. 

1891, Feb. 5, Proclamation of reciprocity with Brazil ; Feb. 



TARIFF ACTS AND PROCLAMATIONS, 181 

18, correction of error in act of Oct. 1, 1890, duty 
on cables, cord and twine ; March 3, reciprocity con- 
vention with Hawaii not to be affected by act of Oct. 
1 1890- July 31, proclamation of Spanish reciproc- 
ity as to Cuba and Porto Rico ; Aug. 1, proclamation 
of reciprocity with Dominican Republic; Dec. ^^ 
proclamation of reciprocity with Island of Tobago; 
Dec. 31, proclamation of reciprocity with Salvador. 
1892, Feb. 1, Proclamation of reciprocity with Trmidad, 
Barbados Leeward Islands, certain of Windward 
Islands and British Guiana; Feb. 1, proclamation of 
reciprocity with German Empire; March 12, procla- 
mation of reciprocity with Nicaragua; March 15, 
proclamation of reciprocity with Colombia; March 
15, proclamation of reciprocity with Hayti; March 
15' proclamation of reciprocity with Venezuela; 
April 30, proclamation of reciprocity with Honduras ; 
May 18, proclamation of reciprocity with Guatemala; 
Auo- 18 proclamation imposing tolls on vessels pass- 
ing'^through St. Clary's Canal for Canadian ports; Dec. 
27, proclamation of reciprocity with Salvador. 

1893 March 3, Duty on certain manufactures of iiax; 
March 3, adopting gauges for sheet iron and steel. 

1894, Aug. 27, General, the "Wilson Tariff.'^ 

1896, May 18, Articles returned from foreign exhibitions 
to be free of duty. 

1897 June 30, Articles for Omaha Exposition to be free; 
July 24, general, "Dingley Tariff" ; July 24, authoriz- 
ing President to suspend part of last act so as to im- 
pose ^discrimination on nations which discriminate 
against United States. 

1898, June 13, Imposes war revenue taxes; July 26, procla- 
mation by Gen. N. A. Miles, concerning Porto Rican 
duties; Aug. 19, order by President William Mclvm- 
ley, concerning Porto Rican duties. 

1899, Feb. 1, Order by President William McKinley, con- 
cerning Porto Rican duties. 

1900, April 12, Duties on imports into the United States 
from Porto Rico; March 2, repeals some war taxes 
imposed in 1898 and reduces others. 



1S2 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

TEREITOEIES ORGANIZED. 

ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT. 

Alabama, March 3, 1877. 

Alaska is unorganized, established by act July 27, 1868, 
governed bv acts of May 17, 1884, and June 6, 1900 ; 
called a "District." 

Arizona, Feb. 24, 1863. 

Arkansas, March 2, 1819. 

Cimmaron Territory, organized in No Man's Land, 
1886 ; not recognized by Congress. 

Colorado, Feb. 28, 1861. 

Dakota, March 2, 1861. 

District of Columbia, organized by act of July 16, 1790, 
and March 3, 1791; again 180i ; again in 1871; gov- 
erned by three commissioners since June 20, 1874. 

Florida, March 30, 1822. 

Hawaii, April 30, 1900. 

Idaho, March 3, 1863. 

Illinois, Feb. 3, 1809. 

Indian Territory, unorganized, established by act June 
30, 1834. 

Indiana, May 7, 1800. 

Iowa, June 12, 1838. 

Kansas, May 30, 1854. 

Louisiana, District of Louisiana and Territory of New 
Orleans, March 26, 1804. 

Michigan, Jan. 11, 1805. 

Minne'sota, March 3, 1849. 

Mississippi, April 7, 1798. 

Missouri, June 4, 1812. 

Montana, May 26, 1864. 

Nebraska, May 30, 1854. 

Nevada, March 2, 1861. 

New Mexico, Sept. 9, 1850. 

Northwest Territorv, Confederation Congress resolution 
April 23, 1874, and "Ordinance of 1787," July 13, 
1787. 

Ohio, ordinance of 1787. 



TREATIES. 183 

Oklahoma, May 2, 1890. 

Oregon, Aug. 14, 1848. 

Porto Rico, April 12, 1900 ; in effect May 1, 1900. 

Southwest Territory, May 26, 1790. 

Utah, Sept. 9, 1850. 

Washington, March 2, 1853. 

Wisconsin, April 20, 1836. 

Wyoming, July 25, 1868. 

TREATIES. 

Countries alphabetical; treaties with each, chronolog- 

Algiers, Sept. 5, 1795, Peace and amity; June 30 and 
July 6, 1815, peace and amity ; Dec. 22-23, 1816, peace 
and amity; Sept. 29, 1896, extradition convention. _ 

Argentine Confederation, July 10, 1853 free navi- 
gation of rivers, Parana and Uruguay; July 27, IS&d, 
friendship, commerce, and navigation. 

Austria and Austro-Hungary, Aug. 27, 1829, Commerce 
and navigation; May 8, 1848, disposal of property by 
consuls; July 3, 1856, extradition; July 11, 1870 con- 
suls; Sept. 20, 1870, naturalization; Nov. 25, 1871, 

'f'Til n PTTI Jl T* K ^ 

Baden, Jan. 30,* 1857, extradition ; July 19, 1868, naturali- 
zation. „ , ., T> 7 • ;i 

Bavaria, Jan. 21, 1845, Abolition of droit d auhaine ^nd 
taxes on emigration; Sept. 12, 1853, extradition; May 
26, 1868, naturalization. , 

Belgium, Nov. 10, 1845, Commerce and navigation; July 
17, 1858, commerce and navigation; May 2n, 
1863, import duties and capitalization of Scheldt 
dues- July 20, 1863, extinguishment of Scheldt dues:', 
Nov 16, 1868, naturalization; Dec. 5, 1868, consul^; 
Dec. 20, 1868, trademarks ; March 19, 1874, extradi- 
tion: March 8, 1875, commerce, navigation, and 
trademarks; March 9, 1880, consuls; June 13, 1882, 
extradition; April 7, 1884, trademarks. _ 

Bolivia (see also Peru-Bolivia), May 13, 1858, Friend- 
ship, commerce and navigation, 



184 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Borneo, June 23, 1850, Peace and amity; consular juris- 
diction. 
Brazil, Dee. 12, 1828, Friendship, commerce and naviga- 
tion; Jan. 27, 1849, claims; Sept. 24, 1878, trade- 
marks. 

Bremen (see also Hanseatic Republic), Sept. 6, 1853, 
extradition (accession). 

Brunswick and Lunenburg, Aug. 21, 1854, Disposal of 
property. 

Central America, Dec. 5, 1825, Commerce and naviga- 
tion. 

Chili, May 16, 1832, Friendship, commerce and naviga- 
tion; Sept. 1, 1833 (explanatory of the above) ; Nov. 
10, 1858, arbitration of Macedonian claims; Aug. 7, 
1892, claims ; Dec. 6, 1898, parcels-post convention ; 
May 24, 1897, to revive convention of 1892. 

China, July 3, 1844, Peace, amity, and commerce ; June 
18, 1858, peace, amity, and commerce; Nov. 8, 
1858, regulation of trade; Nov. 8, 1858, claims; July 
28, 1868, trade, consuls, religious toleration, and im- 
migration (the Burlingame Treaty) ; Nov. 17, 1880, 
immigration; Nov. 17, 1880, commercial intercourse 
and judicial procedure; March 17, 1894, Chinese im- 
migration. 

Colombia, Republic of (see also Ecuador, New Grenada, 
and Venezuela) ; Oct. 3, 1824, friendship, commerce 
and navigation. 

Colombia, United States of (see also New Grenada), Feb. 
10, 1864, claims, extending the duration of the com- 
mission provided for by the convention of Sept. 10, 
1857, with New Grenada; May 7, 1888, extradition. 

Congo, April 22, 1884, Recognition of the flag; Jan. 24, 
1891, amity, commerce, and navigation. 

Corea, May 22, 1882, Amity, commerce, and navigation. 

Costa Rica, July 10, 1851, Amity, commerce, and navi- 
gation; July 2, 1860, claims. 

Denmark, April 26. 1826, Friendship, commerce, and 
navigation; March 28, 1830, claims; April 11, 1857, 
Sound and Belt-Dues; July 11, 1861, deserters; July 
20, 1872, naturalization; Feb. 26, 1886, re-admeasure- 



TREATIES. 185 

ment of vessels; Dec. 6, 1888, Butterfield & Co/s 
claims; June 15, 1892, trademarks. 
Dominican Republic, Feb. 8, 18G7, Amity, commerce, 

navigation and extradition. 
Ecuador, June 13, 1839, Friendship, navigation, and com- 
merce; Nov. 25, 1862, claims; May 6, 1872, naturali- 
zation; June 28, 1872, extradition; Feb. 28, 1893, J. 
R. Santos' claims. 
Egypt, Nov. 16, 1884, Commercial and customs regula- 
tions, -r, , ^ i^^o 
France, Feb. 6, 1878, Amity and commerce; leb. 6, Iwo, 
form of passport ; Feb. 6, 1778, alliance ; Feb. 6, 1778 
act separate and secret; July 16, 1782, payment of 
loan; Feb. 25, 1783, new loan; Nov. 14, 1778, consuls; 
Sept. 30, 1800, Peace, commerce, navigation, and iisli- 
eries- April 30, 1803, cession of Louisiana (Louisiana 
Purchase) ; April 30, 1803, payment of 60,000,000 
francs by the United States; April 30, 1803, claims 
ao-iunst France to be paid; June 24, 1822, commerce, 
navigation, and consuls; June 24, 1822, duties to be 
refunded; Julv 4, 1831, claims— duties on wines and 
cottons; Nov. 9, 1843, extradition ; Feb. 24, 1845, ex- 
tradition; Feb. 23, 1853, consuls; Feb. 10, 1858, ex- 
tradition; April 16, 1869, trademarks; Jan. 15, 1880, 
claims; July 19, 1882, claims; Feb. 8, 1883 claims. 
German Empire, Dec. 11, 1871, consuls and trademarks; 
June 14, 1889 (including Great Britain), concerning 
Samoan Islands; Aug. 26, 1899, parcels-post conven- 
tion • Nov 7 1899 (including Great Britain), ba- 
moan claims; Dec. 2, 1899 (including Great Britain), 
division of Samoan Islands; June 10, 1900, commer- 
cial relations. x x 4. ^-p 
Great Britain, Nov. 30, 1782, Preliminary to treaty of 
peace ; Nov. 30, 1782, boundary ; J^^^-^O, 1^83^^ armis- 
tice; Sept. 3, 1783. peace (Treaty of Pans) ; Nov. 19, 
1794 peace, amitv, commerce, navigation, boundary, 
claims, and extradition (Jay's Treaty) ; Nov 19, 
1794 trade with the West Indies ; May 4, 1796, liberty 
to pass and repass the borders and to carry on tratle ; 
March 15, 1798, boundary; Jan. 8, 1802 clainis ; Dec 
24 1814, peace, boundary, and slave-trade (Treaty oi 



186 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Ghent) ; Nov. 21, 1817, boundary (Decision of Com- 
missioners) ; Jnne 18, 1852, boundary (Decision of 
Commissioners) ; July 3, 1815, commerce, duties, and 
consuls; April 28, 181T, armed vessels on the lakes; 
Oct. 20, 1818, fisheries, boundary, and slaves; July 12, 
1822, differences referred to Emperor of Eussia ; Nov. 
13, 1826, indemnity; Aug. 6, 1827, renewal of com- 
mercial convention; Aug. 26, 1827, boundary; Sept. 
29, 1827, boundary: diiferences to be referred to an 
arbiter; Aug. 9, 1842, boundary, slave-trade and ex- 
tradition ( Webster- Ashburt on Treaty) ; June 15, 
1846, boundary west of Eocky Mountains; Feb. 24, 

1870, boundary maps adopted; April 19, 1850, ship- 
canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific (Clayton-Bul- 
v/er Treaty) ; Dec. 9, 1850, cession of Horse Shoe 
Iteef ; Feb. 8, 1853, claims; June 5, 1854, reciprocity 
of trade and lisheries with British possessions in North 
America; July 17, 1854, claims; April 7, 1862, slave- 
trade; Feb. 17, 1863, slave-trade; July 1, 1863, claims 
of Hudson^s Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Com- 
panies; Sept. 10, 1869, claims of Hudson^s Bay and 
Puget Sound Agricultural Companies, award; May 
13, 1870, naturalization; June 3, 1870, slave-trade; 
Feb. 23, 1871, renunciation of naturalization; May 8, 
18?1, claims, fisheries, and boundaries; Oct. 21, 1872, 
northwest water boundary, award of the Emperor of 
Germany; Jan. 18, 1873, claims, as to places for hold- 
ing sessions of Claims Commission; March 10, 1873, 
definition of the northwest Avater boundary; May 28, 
1874, protocol of conference respecting time when 
articles 18 to 25 and article 30 of treaty of May 8, 

1871, should go into effect with respect to Newfound- 
land; June 7, 1873, protocol of conference respecting 
time when articles 18 to 25 and article 30 of treatv of 
May 8, 1871, should go into effect; Oct. 24, 1877, 
trademarks; June 14, 1889 (including Germany), 
concerning Samoan Islands; July 12, 1889, extradi- 
tion; Feb. 29, 1892, modus vivendi in Bering Sea; 
April 18, 1892, modus vivendi in Bering Sea; Aug. 1, 
1892, recovery of deserters from merchant vessels; 
Au^. 26, 1892, delimiting boundaries not permanently 



TREATIES. 187 

marked ; March 28, 1894, extending terms of Alaskan 
Boundary Commission; June 11, 1896, claims; Nov. 

7, 1899 (with Germany), Sanioan claims; Dec. 2, 
1899 (with Germany), division of Samoan Islands; 
March 2, 1899, convention concerning disposition of 
real and personal property; Nov. 8, 1901, Isthmian 
Canal Treaty (not ratified by United States Senate). 

Greece, Dec. 10-22, 1837, Commerce and navigation. 

Guatemala, March 3, 1849, Commerce and navigation; 
Dec. 4, 1899, parcels-post convention. 

Hanover, May 20, 1840, Commerce and navigation; June 
10, 1846, commerce and navigation; Jan. 18, 1855, 
extradition; Nov. 6, 1861, abolition of state or Bruns- 
hausen dues. 

Hanseatic Republic, Dec. 20, 1827, Friendship, com- 
merce and navigation; June 4, 1828, deserters; April 
30, 1852, consuls. 

Hawaiian Islands, Dec. 20, 1849, Commerce, navigation, 
and extradition ; Jan. 30, 1875, commercial reciproc- 
ity; Sept. 9, 1876, commercial reciprocity protocol re- 
specting the time at which the convention of Jan. 30, 
1875, shall take effect ; Dec. 6, 1884, commercial reci- 
procity, coaling station on Pearl River. 

Hayti, Nov, 3, 1864, Commerce, navigation, and extradi- 
tion. 

Hesse, Grand Duchy, March 26, 1844, Abolition of droit 
d'auhaine and taxes on emigration; Aug. 1, 1868, nat- 
uralization. (For Elector of Hesse, Grand Duke of 
Hesse and on Rhine, and Landgrave of Hesse-Hom- 
burg, see Prussia and other states of the Germanic 
Confederation.) 

Honduras, July 4, 1864, Friendship, commerce, and navi- 
gation. 

Italy, Feb. 8, 1868, Consuls; Jan. 21, 1869, consuls; 
March 23, 1868, extradition; Jan. 21, 1869, extradi- 
tion; Feb. 26, 1871, commerce and navigation; May 

8, 1878, consuls; Feb. 24, 1881, consuls ; June 1, 1882, 
trademarks; June 11, 1884, extradition. 

Japan, March 31, 1854, Amity and commerce; June 17, 
1857, commercial intercourse, coin, and consuls; July 
39, 1858, amity and gommerce; Ja.n, 28, 1864, duties; 



188 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

Oct. 22, 1864, indemnity; June 25, 1866, duties; July 
25, 1878, commercial treaties, revision of; May 17, 
1880, shipwrecks; April 29, 1886, extradition; Nov. 
22, 1894, commerce and navigation; Jan. 13, 1897, 
patents, trademarks, and designs. 

Lew Chew, July 11, 1854, Friendship and commerce. 

LiBEEiA, Oct. 21, 1862, Commerce and navigation. 

Luxemburg, Oct. 29, 1883, extradition. 

Madagascar, Feb. 14, 1867, Commerce and navigation; 
May 13, 1881, friendship and commerce. 

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Dec. 9, 1847, Commerce and 
navigation; Nov. 26, 1853, extradition. 

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Dec. 2, 1853, extradition. 

Mexico, Jan. 12, 1828, Boundary; April 5, 1831, bound- 
ary; April 5, 1831, amity, commerce, and navigation; 
April 3, 1835, boundary; April 11,1839, claims; 
Jan. 30, 1843, claims; payment of awards !;> 
claimants ; Feb. 2, 1848, peace, friendship, limits 
and claims (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo) ; 
May 26, 1848, protocol interpolating the amendments 
of the Senate to the Treaty of Feb. 2, 1848 ; Dec. 
30, 1853, boundary (Gadsden Purchase), road across 
Tehuantepec; July 4, 1868, claims; Dec. 11, 1861, 
extradition; July 10, 1868, naturalization; April 19, 
1871, claims; extension of the duration of the Claims 
Commission; Nov. 27, 1872, claims; further extension 
of the duration of the Claims Commission; Nov. 20, 
1874, claims, further extension of the duration of the 
Claims Commission; April 29, 1876, claims, extend- 
ing the duration of the functions of the arbitrator; 
July 29, 1882, boundary; Jan. 20, 1883, commercial 
reciprocity; Nov. 12, 1884, water boundary; Feb. 25, 

1885, commercial reciprocity, extending the time to 
carry into operation the convention of Jan. 20, 1883 ; 
Dec. 5, 1885, boundary, extending the time to resur- 
vey and relocate the existing frontier line; May 14, 

1886, commercial reciprocity, further extending the 
time to carry into operation the convention of Jan., 
1883. 

Morocco, Jan., 1787, Amity and commerce; Sept. 16, 
1836, amity an(J cominerce ; May 31, 1865, lighthouse. 



TREATIES. 189 

at Cape Spartel ; July 3, 1830, protection of the Moors 
in Morocco. 

Muscat, Sept. 21, 1833, iVniity and commerce. 

Nassau, May 27, 1846, Abolition of droit d'aubaine and 
taxes on emigration. 

Netherlands, Oct. 8, 1782, Amity and commerce; Oct. 8, 
1782, recaptured vessels, Jan. 19, 1839, commerce and 
navigation; Aug. 26, 1852, duties; Jan. 22, 1855, 
American consuls in Dutch colonies; May 23, 1878, 
consuls ; May 22, 1880, extradition. 

New Granada (see also Colombia, United States of), 
Dec. 12, 1816, Amity, commerce, and navigation; Dec. 
12, 1846, national ships defined; May 4, 1850, consuls; 
Sept. 10, 1857, claims. 

Nicaragua, June 21, 1867, Friendship, commerce, and 
navigation; June 25, 1870, extradition; March 27, 
1900, parcels-post convention. 

North German Union, Feb. 22, 1868, naturalization. 

Norway, June 7, 1893, extradition. 

Oldenburg, March 10, 1847, Commerce and navigation; 
Dec. 30, 1853, extradition. 

Orange Free State, Dec. 22, 1871, Friendship, commerce, 
and extradition; Oct. 28, 1896, extradition. 

Ottoman Empire, May 7, 1830, Friendship and com- 
merce; Feb. 25, 1862, commerce and navigation; Aug. 
11, 1874, extradition; Aug. 11, 1874, right of for- 
eigners to hold real estate. 

Paraguay, Feb. 4, 1859, claim of U. S. and Paraguay 
Navigation Company; Feb. 4, 1859, friendship, com- 
merce, and navigation. 

Persia, Dec. 13, 1856, Friendship and commerce. 

Peru-Bolivia, Nov. 30, 1836, Friendship, commerce, and 
navigation, 

Peru, March 17, 1841, claims; July 26, 1851, friendship, 
commerce, and navigation; July 22, 1856, rights of 
neutrals at sea; July 4, 1857, privileges of whaling 
ships; Dec. 20, 1862, claims of the owners of the 
Lizzie Thompson and Gcorgiana; Jan. 12, 1863, 
claims; Dec. 4, 1868, claims; Sept. 6, 1870, friend- 
ship, commerce, and navigation \ Sept. 12, 1870, extrar 



190 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

dition; Aug. 31, 1887, friendship, commerce, and 
navigation; Nov. 28, 1899, extradition. 

Portugal, Aug. 26, 1840, Commerce and navigation; Feb. 
26, 1851, claims; May 22, 1899, reciprocity conven- 
tion. 

Prussia (see also North German Union and German Em- 
pire), July 9, and 28, Aug. 5, and Sept. 10, 1785, 
Amity and commerce; July 11, 1799, amity and com- 
merce; May 1, 1828, commerce and navigation. 

Prussia and other states, June 16, 1852, extradition. 

PiOUMANiA, June 17, 1881, Consuls. 

Russia, April 5-17, 1824, Navigation, fishing, and trading 
in the Pacific Ocean ; Dec. 6-18, 1832, commerce and 
navigation ; Dec. 6-18, 1832, certain stipulations with 
other powers not be invoked; July 22, 1854, rights of 
neutrals at sea ; March 30, 1867, cession of Russian 
possessions in North America to the United States 
(x\laska Purchase); Jan. 27, 1868, trademarks; 
March 28, 1874, trademarks; June 6, 1884, admeas- 
urement of vessels. May 4, 1894, Bering Sea; Feb. 1, 
1899, money orders. 

Samoa, Jan. 17, 1878, Friendship and commerce, coaling 
station. 

San Salvador, Jan. 2, 1850, Amity, navigation, and com- 
merce; May 23, 1870,' extradition; Dec. 6, 1870, 
Amity, commerce, and consuls. 

Sardinia, Nov. 26, 1878, Commerce and navigation; Nov. 
26, 1878, differential duties in certain cases. 

Saxony, May 14, 1845, abolition of droit d'auhaine and 
taxes on emigration. 

ScHAUMBURG-LiPPE, June 7, 1854, extradition. 

Serbia, Oct. 14, 1881, Commerce and duties; Oct. 14, 
1881, consuls. 

SiAM, March 20, 1833, Amity and commerce; May 29, 
1856, Amitv and commerce; Dec. 17-31, 1867, modi- 
fication of the treaty of May 29, 1856 ; May 14, 1884, 
liquor traffic. 

Spain, Oct. 27, 1795, Friendship, limits, and navigation; 
Aug. 11, 1802, indemnity; Feb. 22, 1819, amity, set- 
tlement, and limits (acquisition of Florida) : Feb. 17, 
1834, indemnity 5 Feb- 11-12, 1871, cert9.m glaims for 



TREATIES. 191 

wrongs in Cuba; Jan. 5, 1877, extradition; Jan. 12, 
1877, judicial procedure; Feb. 23, 1881, claims; ter- 
mination of the commission "under the agreement of 
Feb. 12, 1871 ; May G, and Dec. 14, 1882, claims, ex- 
tending the time under the agreement of Feb. 12, 
1871; June 19, 1882, trademarks; Aug. 7, 1882, ex- 
tradition ; Feb. 13, 1884, duties; Oct. 27, 1886, duties; 
Sept. 21, 1887, tonnage dues; Dec. 10, 1898, peace 
(Treaty of Paris) ; March 29, 1900, protocol to treaty 
of Dec. 10, 1898; Nov. 7, 1900, cession of Cayagan, 
Sulu, and Sibuta, for $100,000. 

Sweden, April 3, 1783, Amity and commerce; Jan. 14, 
1893, extradition. 

Sweden and Norway, Sept. 4, 1816, Amity and com- 
merce; July 4, 1827, commerce and navigation; July 
4, 1827, not to affect the trade with Finland (sepa- 
rate article) ; March 21, 1860, extradition; May 26, 
1869, naturalization. 

Swiss Confederation, May 18, 1847, abolition of droit 
rVaubaine and taxes on emigration; Nov. 25, 1850, 
friendship, commerce, and extradition. 

Switzerland, May 14, 1900, extradition. 

Texas, April 11, 1838, Indemnity for brigs Pocket and 
Duraugo; April 25, 1838, boundary. 

Tonga, Oct. 2, 1886, Amity, commerce, and navigation. 

Tripoli, Nov. 4, 1796, peace, friendship, and navigation; 
June 4, 1805, peace, navigation, friendship, and pris- 
oners. 

Tunis, Aug., 1797, March 26, 1799, Peace, friendship, 
navigation, and commerce; Feb. 24, 1824, commerce 
and navigation. 

Two Sicilies, Oct. 14, 1832, claims, provision for the pay- 
ment of the awards under the convention of Oct. 14, 
1832; Dec. 1, 1845, commerce and navigation; Jan. 
13, 1855, rights of neutrals at sea; Oct. 1, 1855, com- 
merce, navigation, and extradition. 

Venezuela, Jan. 20, 1836, Friendship, commerce, and 
navigation; Jan. 14, 1859, Aves Island claims; Aug. 
27, 1860, commerce, navigation, and extradition; 
April 25, 1866, claims; Dec. 5, 1885, claims; March 
15, 1888, to clarify meaning of convention of 1885; 



192 THE AMEBICAN DATE BOOK. 

Oct. 5, 1888, extending time for ratifying convention 

of 1885; Jan. 19, 1893, claims. 
WuRTEMBURG, April 10, 1814, abolition of droit d'auhaine 

and taxes on emigration; Oct. 13, 1853, extradition; 

July 27, 1868, naturalization and extradition. 
Zanzibar, July 3, 1886, Duties, consuls. 
Wounded in war, Aug. 22, 1864, Amelioration of tl^e 

condition of the wounded in armies in the field; Oct. 

20, 1868, extended to naval forces. 

Weights and Measures, May 20, 1875, Establishment of 

an international bureau. 
Industrial Property, March 20, 1833, protection of. 
Submarine Cables, March 14, 1884, protection of; May 

21, 1886, protocol respecting the execution of Article 
XII.; Dec. 1, 1886, declaration interpreting Articles 
II. and IV. ; July 7, 1887, protocol putting the con- 
vention into execution. 

Importation of Liquor into Africa, June 8, 1899, 
Proclamation of adhesion to Brussels Convention. 

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FOUNDED. 

Alphabetical arrangement. For Agricultural Colleges 
see "Agricultural Colleges Established.'' 

Abingdon College, Illinois, 1855; Add-Eau Christian 
University, Texas, 1873 ; Adelphi College, New York, 
1896; Adrian College, Michigan, 1859; Alabama Poly- 
technic Institute, Alabama, 1872 ; Albion College, Michi- 
gan, 1861 ; Alfred University, New York, 1836; Allegheny 
College, Pennsylvania, 1815 ; Alma College, Michigan, 
1886; American University of Harriman, Tennessee, 1893 ; 
American University, District of Columbia, 1891; Amherst 
College, Massachusetts, 1821; Amity College, Iowa, 1872; 
Antioch College, Ohio, 1853 ; Arkansas College, Arkansas, 
1872; Armour Institute of " Technology, Illinois, 1893; 
Asheville College, North Carolina, 1842 ; Atlanta Univer- 
sity, Georgia, 1869; Augustana College, Illinois. 1860. 

Baker University, Kansas, 1858 ; Baldwin University, 
Ohio, 1846 ; Barnard College, New York, 1889 ; Bates Col- 
lege, Maine, 1863; Baylor Universitv, Texas, 1845; B-11 - 
vue College, Nebraska. 1880; Beloit College, Wisconsin, 



UmVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FOUNDED. 193 

1847; Berea College, Kentucky, 1855; Bethany Collesre, 
Kansas, 1881; Bethel College, Kentucky, 185*4; Biddle 
University, North Carolina, 1867; Boston University, 
Massachusetts, 1869; Bowdoin College, Maine, 1794; Brig- 
ham Young College, Utah, 1877 ; Brown University, Rhode 
Island, 1764; Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, 1880; 
Buchtel College, Ohio, 1872; Bucknell University, Penn- 
sylvania, 1846; Burritt College, Tennessee, 1848; Butler 
College, Indiana, 1850. 

Canisius College, New York, 1870, Carleton College, 
Minnesota, 1866 ; Carson and Newman College, Tennessee, 
1851; Carthage College, Illinois, 1870; Case School 
of Applied Science, Ohio, 1880; Catawba College, 
North Carolina, 1851; Catholic University of Amer- 
ica, District of Columbia, 1887; Cedarville College, 
Ohio, 1894; Central College, Missouri, 1855; Central 
Pennsylvania College, Pennsylvania, 1855 ; Central 
University, Iowa, 1853; Central University, Kentucky, 
1874; Central Wesleyan College, Missouri, 1864; 
Charles City College, Iowa, 1891; Charleston Col- 
lege, South Carolina, 1875 ; Christian University, Mis- 
souri, 1851; Claflin University, South Carolina, 1869; 
Clark University, Georgia, 1869 ; Clark University, Massa- 
chusetts, 1887; Coe College, Iowa, 1881; Colby College, 
Maine, 1818; Colgate University, New York, 1819; Col- 
lege of the City of New York, 1847; Colorado College, 
Colorado, 1874; Columbia University, New York, 1754; 
Columbian University, District of Cc^lumbia, 1821; Con- 
cordia College, Indiana, 1839; Converse College, South 
Carolina, 1890'; Cornell College, Iowa, 1857; Cornell Uni- 
versity, New York, 1868; Cotner University, Nebraska, 
1889; Creighton University, Nebraska, 1878; Cumberland 
University, Tennessee, 1842. 

Dakota University, South Dakota, 1885; Dartmouth 
College, New Hampshire, was first, 1754-1755, a school for 
Indian children at Lebanon, Conn., chartered by Governor 
Wentv.'orth, of New Hampshire, in 1769, and moved to 
Hanover, N. H., 1770; Davidson College, North Carolina, 
1837; Defiance College, Ohio, 1850; Delaware College, 
Delaware, 1833 ; Denison University, Ohio, 1831 ; Denver 
University, Colorado, 1864; De Pauw University, Ind., 
1837; Des Moines College, Iowa, 1865; Dickinson Col- 



194 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

lege, Pennsylvania, 1783; Doane College, Nebraska, 1872; 
Drake University, Iowa, 1891 ; Drury College, Missouri, 
1873. 

Earlham College, Indiana, 1847 ; Elmira College, New 
York, 1855 ; Elon College, North Carolina, 1890 ; Emory 
and Henry College, Virginia, 1838; Emory College, Geor- 
gia, 1836; Emporia College, Kansas, 1883; Eureka College, 
Illinois, 1855 ; Ewing College, Illinois, 1867. 

Fairmoi'NT College, Kansas, 1895 ; Fargo College, 
North Dakota, 1888; Findlay College, Ohio, 1886; Fisk 
University, Tennessee, 1866 ; Fort Worth University, 
Texas, 1881 ; Franklin and Marshall, Pennsylvania, 1787; 
Franklin College, Indiana, 1834; Franklin College, Ohio, 
1825 ; Furman University, South Carolina, 1854. 

Gale College, Wisconsin, 1844 ; Geneva College, Penn- 
sylvania, 1848 ; Georgetown College, Kentucky, 1829 ; 
Georgetown University, District of Columbia, 1789; Gir- 
ard College, Pennsylvania, 1848 ; Granbury College, Texas, 
1872; Grant University, Tennessee, 1867; Greensboro Col- 
lege, North Carolina, 1838 ; Greenville and Tusculum Col- 
lege, Tennessee, 1794; Greer College, Illinois, 1891; Grove 
City College, Pennsylvania, 1876; Guilford College, North 
Carolina, 1837 ; Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota, 
1862. 

Hamilton College, New York, 1812 ; Hamline Univer- 
sity, Minnesota, 1854; Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, 
1776; Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1868; Hanover Col- 
lege, Indiana, 1828; Harvard University, founded by act 
of Massachusetts General Court, Oct. 28, 1636; Lawrence 
Scientific School, founded 1847; Haverford College, Penn- 
sylvania, 1830; Hedding College, Illinois, 1855; Heidel- 
berg University, Ohio, 1850; Henderson College, Texas, 
1878; Ilcndrix ColleGfe, Arkansas, 1884; Henrv College, 
Texas, 1892; Highland University, Kansas, 1857; Hills- 
dale College, J\lichigan, 1855; Hiram College, Ohio, 1850; 
Hiwassee College, Tennessee, 1849 ; Hobart College, New 
York, 1822; Holy Cross College, Massachusetts, 1843; 
Hope College, Michigan, 1866; Howard College, Alabama, 
1841; Ho.ward Payne College, Texas, 1890; Howard Uni- 
versity, District of Columbia, 1867. 

Illinois College, Illinois, 1829 ; Illinois Wesleyan Uni- 



UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FOtTNDEP. 195 

versity, Illinois, 1850 ; Indiana University, Indiana, 1820 ; 
Iowa College, Iowa, 1848 ; Iowa State College, Iowa, 1868 ; 
Iowa Wesleyan University, Iowa, 1844; Irvington College, 
Illinois, 1865. 

Jackson College, Mississippi, 1879 ; Jacob Tome Insti- 
tute, Maryland, 1894; John B. Stetson University, Florida, 
1883 ; Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, 1876. 

Kalamazoo College, Michigan, 1855 ; Kansas Wesleyan 
University, Kansas, 1886 ; Kentucky University, Kentucky, 
1858; Kentucky Wesleyan College, Kentucky, 1866; Ken^ 
yon College, Ohio, 1825 ; Keuka College, New York, 1892 ; 
Knox College, Illinois, 1837. 

Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, 1832; La Grange 
College, Missouri, 1858 ; Lake Forest University, Illinois, 
1857 ; La Salle College, Pennsylvania, 1863 ; Lawrence Uni- 
versity, Wisconsin, 1847; Lebanon Valley College, Penn- 
sylvania, 1866 ; Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, 1886 ; 
Leland Stanford, Jr., California, 1891; Leland Univer- 
sity, Louisiana, 1870; Lenox College, Iowa, 1856; Liberty 
College, Kentucky, 1875 ; Lima College, Ohio, 1893 ; Lin- 
coln College, Illinois, 1865 ; Livingstone College, North 
Carolina, 1882; Lombard College, Illinois, 1851; Los An- 
geles University, California, 1887. 

Macalaster College, Minnesota, 1884 ; Manhattan Col- 
lege, New York, 1853; Marietta College, Ohio, 1835; 
Maryville College, Tennessee, 1819 ; Massachusetts Insti- 
tute of Technology, Massachusetts, 1865 ; McKendree Col- 
lege, Illinois, 1828; McMinnville College, Oregon, 1858; 
Mercer University, Georgia, 1837; Miami Universitv, 
Ohio, 1824; Middlebury College, Vermont, 1800; Midland 
College, Kansas, 1887 ; Milligan College, Tennessee, 1882 ; 
Mills College, California, 1871; Millsaps College, Missis- 
sippi, 1892; Milton College, Wisconsin, 1867; Mississippi 
Agricultural and Mech. College, Mississippi, 1878; Mis- 
sissippi College, Mississippi, 1826 ; Missouri Valley Col- 
lege, Missouri, 18S9 ; Monmouth College, Illinois, 1856 ; 
Moore's Hill College, Indiana, 1853 ; Morningside Col- 
lege, Iowa, 1890; Morris Brown College, Georgia, 1880; 
Mount Angel College, Oregon, 1887; Mount Holyoke Col- 
lege, Massachusetts, 1837; Mount St. Mary's College, 
Marvland, 1808; Mount Union College, Ohio, 1846; Muh- 



1^6 THE AmSRIGAN date JSOOK. 

lenberg College, Pennsylvania, 1867; Muskingum College, 
Ohio, 1837. 

Nebraska Wesleyan University, Nebraska, 1887 ; Ne- 
vada State University, Nevada, 1886 ; Newberry College, 
South Carolina, 1858; New Orleans Universit}^ Louisiana, 
1874; New York University, New York City, 1831; Ni- 
agara University, New York, 1856 ; North Carolina Col- 
lege, North Carolina, 1852; Northern Illinois College, Il- 
linois, 1861; Northwestern College, Illinois, 1861; North- 
western University, Illinois, 1851 ; Northwestern Uni- 
versity, Wisconsin, 1865 ; Norwegian Lutheran College, 
Iowa, 1861. 

Oberlin College, Ohio, 1833; Ogden College, Ken- 
tucky, 1877; Ohio State University, Ohio, 1872; Ohio Uni- 
versity, Ohio, 1804; Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio, 1844; 
Olivet College, Michigan, 1859; Ottawa University, Kan- 
sas, 1865; Otterbein University, Ohio, 1847; Ouachita Col-" 
lege, Arkansas, 1886; Oxford College, Ohio, 1849. 

Pacific College, Oregon, 1891 ; Pacific University, Ore- 
gon, 1854; Park College, ^lissouri, 1875; Parsons College, 
Iowa, 1875; Peabody' Normal College, Tennessee, 1874; 
Penn College, Iowa, 1873; Pennsylvania College, Pennsyl- 
vania, 1832; Pennsylvania Military College, Pennsyl- 
vania, 1862; Pennsylvania State College, Pennsvlvania, 
1859; Philander Smith College, Arkansas, 1877; Pike Col- 
lege, Missouri, 1881; Polytechnic Institute, New York, 
1854; Pomona College, California, 1888; Portland Uni- 
versity, Oregon, 1890; Pratt Institute, New York, 1887; 
Presbyterian College, South Carolina, 1880; Princeton 
University, New Jersey, 1746; Pritchett College, Missouri, 
1868 ; Proseminar College, Illinois, 1871 ; Purdue Univer- 
sitv, Indiana, 1874. 

Eacine College, Wisconsin, 1852; Eadcliffe College, 
Massachusetts, 1879; Randolph-Macon College, Virginia, 
1830; Randolph-Macon College, Virginia, 1893; Rensse- 
laer Polytechnic Institute, New York, 1824; Richmond 
College, Virginia. 1832; Rio Grande College, Ohio, 1876; 
Ripon College, Wisconsin, 1851; Roanoke College, Vir- 
ginia, 1853; Rock Hill College, Maryland, 1856; Roger 
Williams University, Tennessee, 1863; Rollins College, 
Florida, 1885; Rose Polytechnic Institute, Indiana, 1874; 



trmvERBiTim and coLLmm founded. 197 

Rutgers College, New Jersey, chartered in 1766 as Queen's 
College, named "Rutgers/' 1825. 

Santa Claiia College, California, 1851; Scio College, 
Ohio, 1866; Seton Hall College, New Jersey, 1856; ►Shaw 
University, North Carolina, 1865; Shurtleff College, Illi- 
nois, 1835; Simpson College, Iowa, 1867; Smith College, 
Massachusetts, 1875; South Carolina College, South Caro- 
lina, 1801; Southwestern University, Texas, 1873; South- 
west Kansas College, Kansas, 1885 ; Spring Hill College, 
Alabama, 1836; State College of Kentucky, Kentucky, 
1865; State University of Iowa, Iowa, 1847; State Uni- 
versity of Kentucky, Kentucky, 1879; St, Anselm's Col- 
lege, New Hampshire, 1889 ; St. Benedict's College, Kan- 
sas, 1858; St. Charles College, Maryland, 1848; St. Charles 
College, Louisiana, 1837; St. Francis Xavier College, New 
York, 1847; Stetson University, Florida, 1883; Stevens 
Institute of Technology, New Jersey, 1870 ; St. John's Col- 
lege, Maryland, 1789; St. John's College, District of 
Columbia, 1865; St. John's College, New York City, 1841; 
St. John's University, Minnesota, 1857; St. Lawrence 
University, New York, 1858; St. Louis Universitv, Mis- 
souri, 1829; St. Mary's College, Kansas, 1869; St. ''Mary's 
College, Kentucky, 1821; St. Olaf College, Minnesota, 
1874; St. Stephen's College, New York, 1860; St. Thomas' 
College, Pennsylvania, 1842; St. Vincent's College, Cali- 
fornia, 1865; Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1869; 
S3^Tacuse University, New York, 1871. 

Tabor College, Iowa, 1857; Talladega College, Ala.- 
bama, 1867; Tarkio College, Missouri, 1883; Taylor Uni- 
versity, Indiana, 1893; Teachers' College, New York, 
1887; Thiel College, Pennsylvania, 1870; Throop Poly- 
technic Institute, California, 1891; Trinity College, Con- 
necticut, 1824; Trinity College, District of Columbia, 
1900; Trinity College, North Carolina, 1853; Trinity Uni- 
versity, Texas, 1869; Tufts College, Massachusetts, 1855; 
Tulane University, Louisiana, 1834; Tuskegee Institute, 
Alabama, 1881. 

Union Christian College, Indiana, 1859; Union Col- 
lege, Kentucky, 1886; Union College, Nebraska, 1891; 
Union College, New York, 1795; University of Alabama, 
Alabama., 1831 ; University of Arizona, Arizona, 1891 ; Uni- 



19S THE AMEUIGAN DATE BOOK. 

versity of Arkansas, Arkansas, 1872 ; University of Califor- 
nia, California, 1868 ; University of Chicago, Illinois, 1891 ; 
University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1819; University of Colo- 
rado, Colorado, 18T7; University of Denver, Colorado, 
1877; University of Georgia, Georgia, 1801; University of 
Idaho, Idaho, 1889; University of Illinois, Illinois, 1868; 
University of Kansas, Kansas, 1866; University of Maine, 
Maine, 1865 ; University of Michigan, Michigan, 1837 ; Uni- 
versity of Minnesota, Minnesota, 1868; University of Mis- 
sissippi, Mississippi, 1848; University of Missouri, Mis- 
souri, 1840 ; University of Montana, Montana, 1895 ; Uni- 
versity of Nashville, Tennessee, 1785; University of Ne- 
braska, Nebraska, 1869 ; University of New Mexico, New 
Mexico, 1892; University of New York, New York, 1892; 
University of North Carolina, North Carolina, 1795; Uni- 
versity of North Dakota, North Dakota, 1883; University 
Notre Dame, Indiana, 1842 ; University of Oklahoma, Okla- 
homa, 1892 ; University of Omaha, Nebraska, 1880 ; Univer- 
sity of Oregon, Oregon, 1872 ; University of the Pacific, Cal- 
ifornia, 1852; University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 
1740; University of Rochester, New York, 1850; Univer- 
sity of Southern California, California, 1880; University 
of South Dakota, South Dakota, 1882 ; University of the 
South, Tennessee, 1868 ; University of Tennessee, Tennes- 
see, 1794; University of Texas, Texas, 1883; University of 
Utah, Utah, 1850 ; University of Vermont, Vermont, 1791 ; 
University of Virginia, Virginia, 1825 ; University of 
Washington, Washington, 1862; University of Wisconsin, 
Wisconsin, 1848 ; University of Wooster, Ohio, 1869 ; Uni- 
versity of Wyoming, Wyoming, 1887; Upper Iowa Univer- 
sity, Iowa, 1857 : Ursinus College, Pennsylvania, 1869 ; 
United States Military Academy, New York, 1802 ; United 
States Naval Academy, Mary-land, 1845. 

Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, 1872 ; Vassar Col- 
lege, New York, 1861 ; Vincennes University, Indiana, 
1806 ; Virginia Military Institute, Virginia, 1839. 

Wabash College, Indiana, 1831 ; Wake Forest College, 
North Carolina, 1833; Walden University, Tennessee, 
1867; Washburn College, Kansas, 1865; Washington and 
Jefferson College, Pennsylvania. 1802; Washington and 
Lee University, Virginia, 1749 ; Washington College, Marv- 
land, 1783; Washington College, Tennessee, 1795; Wash- 



WARS. , 199 

ington University, Missouri, 1853; Waynesburg College, 
Pennsylvania, 1851; AVellesley College, Massachuseits, 
1870; Wells College, New York, 1868; Wesleyan Univer- 
sity, Connecticut, 1831; Wesleyan University, Iowa, 1843; 
Western College, Iowa, 185G; Western Maryland College, 
Maryland, 1867 ; Western Reserve University, Ohio, 1826 ; 
Western University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 1787; 
Westfield College, Illinois, 1865 ; Westminster College, 
Missouri, 1853 ; Westminster College, Pennsylvania, 1853 ; 
West Virginia University, West Virginia, 1867 ; Wheaton 
College, Illinois, 1860; Whitman College, Washington, 
1859; Wilberforce University, Ohio, 1856; Wiley Univer- 
sity, Texas, 1873; Willamette University, Oregon, 1844; 
William and Mary College, Virginia, 1693; William Jewell 
College, Missouri, 1849 ; Williams College, Massachusetts, 
1793; Wilmington College, Ohio, 1870; Wilson College, 
Pennsylvania, 1870; Wittenberg College, Ohio, 1845; Wof- 
ford College, South Carolina, 1854; Woman's College, 
Maryland, 1888; Worcester Polvtechnic Institute, Massa- 
chusetts, 1865. 

Yale University, chartered Oct. 9, 1701, then estab- 
lished at Saybrook, Conn., removed to New Haven, Oct. 30, 
1717, named "Yale" Sept. 12, 1718; Sheffield Scientific 
School, established 1847 ; Yankton College, South Dakota, 
1881 ; York College, Nebraska, 1890. 

WARS. 

COLONIAL WARS. 

Chronological arrangement. 
1636-1637, Pequot War. 
1639-1642, Spanish War. 

1653, Rhode Island declares war against New Netherland. 
1653, New England declares war against Niantick Indians. 
1655, New York Algonkian Indians rebel against Dutch. 
1672, Boston declares war against Dutch. 
1675-1678, King Philip's War. 
1689-1697, King William's War. 
1702-1713, Queen Anne's War, 
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200 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1722, New England declares war against Indians. 
1744:-1748, King George's War. 

1754-1763, French and Indian War; 1759, Cherokee War 
in Virginia and neighboring colonies. 

1762, War between England and Spain. 

1763, Pontiac Indian War. 
1774, Indian War in the West. 

1776, War with Cherokees, South Carolina. 

FEDERAL WARS. 

Some of these are simply warlike events or riots, but 
they are listed here because the general government has 
given them all military or naval attention. 
1775-1783, War of the Revolution, April 19, 1775, to April 

11, 1783. 
1782-1787, Wyoming Valley disturbances, Pennsylvania. 
1786-'i787, Shay's Rebellion, Massachusetts. 
1790-1795, War with Northwest Indians, Miamis, Wyan- 

dots, Delawares, Pottawattamies, Shawnees, Chippe- 

was, and Ottawas, Sept., 1790, to Aug., 1795. 
1791-1794, Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania. 
1798-1800, War with France, July 9, 1798, to Sept. 30, 

1800. 
1799, Fries' Insurrection in Pennsylvania, spring of 1799. 
1801-1805, War with Tripoli, June 10, 1801, to June 4, 

1805. 

1806, Burr Conspiracy; Sabine Expedition, Louisiana. 

1807, Naval affair in Chesapeake Bay, July 9 to August 
5, 1807. 

1808, Embargo troubles, Lake Champlain, 1808. 
1811-1813, War with Northwest Indians, November, 1811, 

to October, 1813. 
1812-1815, War with Great Britain, June 18, 1812, to 
Feb. 17, 1815; war with Algiers, 1812-1815. 

1812, Florida or Seminole War, Aug. 15 to October, 1812. 

1813, Peoria Indian War, Illinois, Sept. 19 to Oct. 21, 
1813. 

1813-1814, Creek Indian War, Alabama. 
1817-1818, Seminole or Florida War, Nov. 20, 1817, to 
Oct. 31, 1818. 



WARS. 201 

1819, Yellowstone Expedition, July 4 to September, 1819. 
1823, Campaign against Blackfcet and Arickaree Indians, 

Upper Missouri River. 
1827, Winnebago Expedition, Wisconsin (no fighting), 

June to September, 1827, also called La Favre Indian 

War. 

1831, Sac and Fox Indian troubles in Illmois. 

1832, Black Hawk War, April 26 to Sept. 21, 1832. 
1832-1833, Nullification troubles in South Carolina, No- 
vember, 1832, to Febmary, 1833. 

1833-1839, Cherokee disturbances and removal. 

1834, Pawnee Expedition, Indian Territory, June to Sep- 
tember, 1834. 

1835-1836, Toledo War, Ohio and Michigan boundary dis- 
pute. 

1835-1842, Seminole or Florida War, Nov. 1, 1835, to Aug. 
14, 1842. 

1836-1837, Creek disturbances in Alabama, May 5, 1836, 
to Sept. 30, 1837; southwestern frontier, Louisiana, 
Arkansas and Texas (Sabine disturbances), no fight- 
ing, April, 1836, to June, 1837. 

1837, Osage Indian troubles in Missouri. 

1838, Heatherly Indian disturbances on Missouri and low.i 
line ; Mormon disturbances in Missouri. 

1838-1839, New York, Aroostook, and Canada (Patriot 
War), frontier disturbances (no fighting). 

1846-1847, Doniphan's Expedition from Santa Fe, New 
Mexico, to Chihuahua, Mexico, November, 1846, to 
February, 1847. 

1846-1848, Mexican War, April 24, 1846, to May 30, 1848 ; 
New Mexico Expedition, June 30, 1846, to Feb. 13, 
1848. 

1848, Cayuse War, Oregon, Oregon Volunteers. 

1849-1861, Navajo troubles, New Mexico; continuous dis- 
turbances with Comanche, Cheyenne, Lipan, and Kick- 
apoo Indians, in Texas. 

1850, Pitt River Expedition, California, April 28 to Sept. 
13, 1850. 

1851-1852, Yuma Expedition, California, December, 1851;» 
to April, 1852. 

1851-1853, Utah ludian dAsturb.Mice. 



202 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1851-1856, Rogue River, Yakima, Klikitat, Klamath, and 
Salmon River Indian Wars in Oregon and Washing- 
ton. 

1855, Winnas, Expedition against Snake Indians, Oregon, 
May 24 to Sept. 8, 1855. 

1855-1856, Sioux Expedition, Neb. Ter., April 3, 1855, to 
July 27, 1856. 

1855, Yakima Expedition, Washington Territory, Oct. 11 
to Nov. 24, 1855. 

1855-1856, Cheyenne and Arapahoe troubles. 

1855-1858, Seminole or Florida War, Dec. 20, 1855, to 
May 8, 1858. 

1856-1858, Kansas border troubles. 

1857, Gila Expedition, New Mexico, April 16 to Sept. 16, 
1857. 

1857, Sioux Indian troubles in Minnesota and Iowa, March 
and April, 1857 ; Mountain Meadow Massacre, Utah, 
Sept. 11, 1857. 

1857-1858, Utah Expedition. 

1858, Expedition against Northern Indians, Washington 
Territory^ July 17 to Oct. 17, 1858; Puget Sound Ex- 
pedition, Washington Territory, Aug. 10 to Sept. 23, 
1858 ; Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Paloos Indian 
troubles in Washington Territory; Navajo Expedi- 
tion, New Mexico, Sept. 9 to Dec. 25, 1858. 

1858-1859, Wichita Expedition, Indian Territorv. Sept. 11, 
1858, to December, 1859. 

1859, Colorado River Expedition, California, Feb. 11 to 
April 28, 1859 ; Pecos Expedition, Texas, April 16 to 
Aug. 17, 1859; Antelope Hills Expedition, Texas, 
June 10 to Sept. 23, 1859; Bear River Expedition, 
Utah, June 12 to Oct. 18, 1859 ; San Juan Imbroglio, 
Washington Territory, 1859 ; John Brown Raid, Vir- 
ginia, November and December, 1859. 

1859-1860, Cortina troubles on Texas and Mexican border. 

1860, Pah-Ute Expedition. California, April 12, to July 
9, 1860 ; Kiowa and Comanche Expedition, Indian 
Territory, May 8, to Oct. 11, 1860; Carson Valley Ex- 
pedition, Utah, May 14, to July 15, 1860; attack on 
and murder of emigrants by Bannock Indians, at Sal- 
pion Fork, SnakQ River, Idaho, Sept, 13, 1860. 



WARS. 203 

1860-1861, Navajo Expedition, New Mexico, Sept. 12, 1860, 
to Feb. 24, 1861. 

1861-1866, War of the Kebellion, April 19, 1861, to Aug. 
20, 1866. Actual hostilities, however, commenced 
upon the firing on Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861, and 
ceased by the surrender of the Confederate forces under 
General Kirby Smith, May 26, 1865. 

1861-1890, Apache Indian War and troubles in Arizona 
and New Mexico. 

1862, Indian Massacres at New Ulm and vicinity, Minne- 
sota, Aug. 17 to 23, 1862. 

1862-1867, Sioux Indian W^ar in Minnesota and Dakota. 

1863-1869, War against the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Kiowa, 
and Comanche Indians in Kansas, Nebraska, Colo- 
rado, and Indian Territory. 

1865-1866, Fenian raid. New York and Canada border dis- 
turbances. 

1865-1868, Indian war in southern Oregon and Idaho, and 
northern California and Nevada. 

1867-1881, Campaign against Lipan, Kiowa, Kickapoo, and 
Comanche Indians, and Mexican border disturbances. 

1868-1869, Canadian Kiver Expedition, New Mexico, Nov. 
5, 1868, to Feb. 13, 1869. 

1871, Yellowstone Expedition, Aug. 28 to Oct. 25, 1871; 
Fenian troubles, Dakota and Manitoba frontier, Sep- 
tember and October, 1871. 

1872, Yellowstone Expedition, Dakota, Julv 26, Oct. 15, 
1872. 

1872-1873, Modoc Campaign, Nov. 28, 1872, to June 1, 
1873. 

1873, Yellowstone Expedition, Dakota, June 4, to Oct. 4, 
1873. 

1874, Sioux Expedition, Wvoming and Nebraska, Feb. 
13 to Aug. 19, 1874; Black Hills Expedition, Dakota, 
June 20 to Aug. 30, 1874; Big Horn Expedition, 
Wyoming, Aug. 13 to Oct. 10, 1874. 

1874-1875, Campaign Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Comanche In- 
dians in Indian Territory, Aug. 1, 1874, to Feb. 16, 
1875. 

1875, Expedition against Indians in eastern Nevada, Sept. 
7, to 27, 1875. 

"l§76^ Sioux Expedition, Dakota, May 17, to Sept. 26, 



204 THE AMERICAN DATE BOOK. 

1876 ; Powder Eiver Expedition, Wyoming, Nov. 1 to 
Dec. 31, 1876. 

1876-1877, Big Horn and Yellowstone Expeditions, Wy- 
oming and Montana, Feb. 17, 1876, to June 13, 1877. 

1876-1879, War with Northern Cheyenne and Sionx In- 
dians, in Indian Territory, Kansas, Wyoming, Dakota, 
Nebraska and Montana. 

1877, Labor strike in Pennsylvania and Maryland, July 
to October, 1877; Nez Perce Campaign, June 14 to 
Oct. 5, 1877. 

1878, Bannock and Piute Campaign, May 30 to Sept. 4, 
1878 ; Ute Expedition, Colorado, April 3 to Sept. 9, 
1878. 

1879, Snake or Sheepeater Indian troubles, Idaho, August 
to October, 1879; 1879-1894, disturbances of settlers 
Indian and Oklahoma Territories, "Oklahoma Boom- 
ers," and the Cherokee Strip disturbances. 

1879-1880, Ute Indian Campaign in Colorado and Utah, 
Sept. 21, 1879, to Nov. 8, 1880. 

1885, Chinese miner and labor troubles in Wyoming, Sep- 
tember and October, 1885. 

1890-1891, Sioux Indian disturbances in South Dakota, 
November, 1890, to January, 1891. 

1890-1893, Garza troubles, Texas and Mexican border dis- 
turbances, "Tin Horn War." 

1892, Miner disturbances in Idaho, July to November, 
1892. 

1892-1896, Troubles with renegade App.che Indians, under 
Kidd and Massai, in Arizona and Mexican border. 

1894, "Industrial Army," "Commonwealers," "Coxeyites," 
and labor disturbances; railroad, Pullman, and labor 

, strikes extending from Illinois to Pacific coast, June 
to August, 1894. 

1895, Bannock Indian troubles, July and August, 1895. 
1898-1899, War with Spain, April 21, 1898, to April 11, 

1899. Actual hostilities ceased Aug. 13, 1898; 1898, 
Chippewa Indian disturbances at Leech Lake, Minn., 
October, 1898. 
1899, Insurrection in Philippine Islands, Feb. 4, 1899, to 

; miner disturbances in Idaho, April 29, to 

Oct. 20, 1899. 



INDEX. 

[Note that the title "Miscellaneous Events" has a sub-index of 
its own ] 

Abolition of Slavery 162 

Acquisition of Territory 1 

Admission, Secession and Ee-admission of States 2 

Agricultural College Fund Acts 3 

Agricultural Colleges Established 4 

Agricultural Department Secretaries 80 

America's Cup Kecord 170 

Apportionments of Congressmen 63 

Artistic Societies Founded 162 

Attorneys-General 81 

Battles on Land 6 

Colonial Period 7; Revolutionary Period 11; 

"War of 1812" Period 14; Mexican War Period 

18 ; Civil War Period 20 ; Spanish War Period 53. 

Battles on the Water 54 

Colonial Period 54; Revolutionary Period 54; 

"War of 1812" Period 57; Civil War Period 59; 

Spanish War Period 60. 

Church-Adjunct Societies Founded 163 

Cities Established 117 

Civil War Battles 20 

College Fraternities for Men Founded 163 

College Fraternities for Women Founded 164 

Colleges Founded 192 

Colonial Battles 7 

Colonial Congresses 63 

Colonial Wars 199 

Confederate States of America Data 61 

Confederation Data 61 

Congresses, Colonial 63 

Congressional Apportionments 63 

Congress — Terms, Sessions and Political Complexion. 64 

Constitutions, Federal and State : 70 

Conventions (treaty conventions) 183 



206 INDEX. 

Conventions and Nominations 70 

Department Heads 76 

Secretaries of State 76 ; of Treasury 77 ; of War 
78; of Navy 79; of the Interior 80; of Agri- 
culture 80; Postmasters-General 80; Attorneys- 
General 81. 

Disasters 82 

Epidemics 83; Fires 84; Floods 89; Miscel- 
laneous 91; on Railroads 93; to Shipping 99; by 
Winds 104. 
Discoveries, Settlements and Establishments of Cities. 108 

Duels of Note 119 

Educational Societies Founded 164 

Electoral and Popular Votes 120 

Epidemics 82 

Executions of Note 124 

Federal Wars 200 

Fires 84 

First Instances 124 

Floods 89 

Fraternal Societies Founded 165 

Insurrections, Mutinies and Riots 128 

Interior Department Secretaries 80 

Justices of the Supreme Court 174 

House of Representatives — Speakers 169 

Learned Societies Founded • 166 

Massacres 137 

Mexican War Battles. 18 

Miscellaneous Disasters 91 

Miscellaneous Events 140 ; Alabama Arbitration 140 ; 
Alabama Letter 140; "Albany Plan of Union" 
140; Alien and Sedition Laws 140; x\llianca 
Affair 140 ; Amistad Case 140 ; Amnesty Procla- 
mations 140 ; Andersonville Prison 140 ; Atherton 
Gag 140; Bank of the U. S. 140; Bankruptcy 
Acts 140 ; "Battle of the Kegs" 140 ; Behring Sea 
Tribunal 140 ; "Black Friday" 140 ; "Black War- 
rior" 140 ; Blaine vs. Conkling 140 ; Bland Silver 
Bill 140 ; Blockade of Southern Ports 140 ; Blue- 
Light Federalists 140; Brooks' Assault on Sum- 
ner 141; Bunker Hill Monument 141; Burr's 



IND^X. 'HOI 

Conspiracy 141 ; Cardiff Giant 141 ; Cen- 
sures of President 141 ; Charter Oak 141 ; 
Cherokee Case 141 ; Chinese Exclusion Acts 
141 ; Cipher Dispatches 141 ; Civil Rights 
Act 141; Civil Service Reform 141; Com- 
mercial Crises 141 ; Compromise of 1850 141 ; 
Conkling and Piatt Resignations 141; "Conway 
Cabal" 141 ; Covode Investigation 141 ; Credit 
Mobilier Scandal 141 ; Creole Case 142 ; "Critten- 
den Compromise'' 143 ; Cuban Electoral Law 142 ; 
Cumberland Road 142 ; Davis-Wade Manifesto 
142 ; DeGolyer Contract 142 ; Deposits — removal 
of 142; Disputed Presidential Elections 146; 
Edmund's Electoral Act 142 ; Electoral Commis- 
sion 14^ ; Embargo, The 142 ; "Era of Good Feel- 
ing" 142; Expositions 142; "Federalist, The" 
142 ; The Flag 143 ; Foot's Resolution 143 ; Force 
Bill 143; Fortune Bay 143; Frankland 143; 
Freedman's Bureau 143; French Spoliation 
Claims 143; Fugitive Slave Law 143; Funda- 
mental Constitution 143 ; "Fundamentals" or 
"Body of Liberties" 143 ; "Genet— Citizen" 143 ; 
Geneva Arbitration of Alabama Claims, 143; 
"Gerrymander" 143 ; Giddings' Resolutions 143 ; 
Gold Standard Act 144; Grand Review of the 
Army of the Potomac 144; Habeas Corpus Sus- 
pension 144 ; Halifax Fishery Commission Award 
144; Hampton Roads Conference 144; Hartford 
Convention 144; Henry Documents, 144; 
Henry Ward Beecher Trial 144; Impeachments 
144; "Impending Crisis" 144; Inter-State Com- 
merce Act 144 ; Jackson's Nullification Proclama- 
tion 144; Kansas-Nebraska Bill 144; Katakazy's 
Dismissal 144 ; Kentucky Resolutions 144 ; Koszta 
Affair 144; Lincoln and Douglas' Joint Debate 
144; Louis Kossuth 144; Maine — Destruction of 
144; Mason and Dixon's Line 144; Mayflower 
Compact 144; McLeod Case 144; Mecklenburg'h 
Declaration 144; Memorial Day 144; Merrimac 
Sinking of 144 ; Military Commission 144 ; Milli- 
gan's Case 145 ; Missouri Compromise 145 ; Men- 



20S INDEX. 

roe Doctrine 145; Morgan's Disappearance 145; 
"Morey Letter" 145 ; Mormons 145 ; Mulligan 
Letters 145 ; Naval Academy 145 ; New England 
Union 145 ; Nullification Ordinance 145 ; 01m- 
etead Case 145; Ordinance of 1787 145; Ostend 
Manifesto 145 ; Pan-American Conference 145 ; 
Paris Monetary Conference 145 ; Patrick Henry's 
Speech 145 ; Paul Kevere's Eide 145 ; Porto Rico 
Civil Government Act 146 ; Proclamation of Re- 
bellion 146 ; ''Rum, Romanism and Rebellion'' 
146'; Sackville- West's Recall 146; Salary Grab 
146 ; Sherman's March to the Sea 146 ; Silver Bill 
146 ; Shimonoseki Indemnity 146 ; Silver Pur- 
chase Act 146 ; Specie Payments 146 ; Spiritualis- 
tic Manifestations 146 ; Spoils System 146 ; Star 
Route Trials 146; Sub-Treasury System 146; 
Surplus Money Distribution 146 ; Tariff Commis- 
sion 146 ; Tenure of Office Act 146 ; Trent Affair 
146 ; Tweed Ring 146 ; "Uncle Tom's Cabin" 146 ; 
"United Colonies of New England" 146; U. S. 
Seal Adopted 146 ; Virginia Resolutions 146 ; Vir- 
ginius Affair 146 ; Washington's Farewell Address 
146"; Webster's Reply to Hayne 147; Webster's 
"Betrayal Speech" 147; Weller vs. Shriver En- 
counter 147 ; West Point Military Academy 147 ; 
Whiskey Ring 147; Wide Awakes 147; Wilmot 
Proviso 147 ; Witchcraft Delusion 147 ; X. Y. Z. 
Mission 147; Yazoo Frauds 147. 

Miscellaneous Societies Founded 167 

Murders of Note 147 

Mutinies 128 

Natural Phenomena 148 

Naval Battles of Colonial Period 54 

Naval Battles of Revolutionary Period 54 

Naval Battles of 1812-14 * 57 

Naval Battles of Civil War Period 59 

Naval Battles of Spanish War Period 60 

Navy Department Secretaries 79 

Nominations, Presidential 70 

Newspapers of Early Establishment 153 



INDEX. 209 

Organizations Founded 152 

Organization of Territories 182 

Patents of Note 154 

Patriotic Societies Founded 167 

Political Complexion of Congresses 64 

Popular Votes 1^^ 

Postmasters-General 80 

Presidential Nominations '^^ 

Presidents and Vice-Presidents 158 

Presidents of Senate Pro. Tern 160 

Pugilism 1 ' 1 

Railroad Disasters 93 

Re-admission of States ^ 

Religio-Scientific Societies Founded 165 

Revolutionary Battles H 

Riots ^^^ 

Secession of States ^ 

Senate Presidents Pro. Tem 160 

Sessions of Congress 64 

Settlements (early) 108 

Shipping Disasters ^^ 

Slavery Abolished 16^ 

Societies and Organizations Founded 162 

Artistic 162; Church- Adjunct 163; College 
Fraternities for Men 163 ; College Fraternities for 
Women 164; Educational 164; Fraternal 165; 
Learned 166; Miscellaneous 167; Patriotic 167; 
Religio-Scientific 168; Southern Confederacy 
168 ; Women's Associations 169. 

Spanish War Battles 53 

Southern Confederacy Data 61 

Southern Confederacy Societies Founded 168 

Speakers of House of Representatives 169 

Sporting Events 17^ 

America's Cup 170; Pugilism 171. 

State Constitutions 7^ 

State Department Secretaries '^b 

Supreme Court Decisions of General Interest 172 

Supreme Court Justices 174 

Tariff Acts ^^\ 

Territory, Acquisition of 1 



210 INDEX. 

Territories Organized 182 

Treasury Department Secretaries 77 

Treaties and Conventions 183 

Universities and Colleges Founded 192 

Vice-Presidents 159 

Vice-Presidential Nominations 70 

Votes, Electoral and Popular 120 

Wars 199 

Colonial Wars 199 ; Federal Wars 199. 

War Department Secretaries 78 

"War of 1812'^ Battles 14 

Wind Disasters 104 

Women^s Associations Founded 169 



NUMBER OF DATE FACTS. 

Acquisition of Territory 32 

Admission, Secession and Re-admission of States. ... 65 

Agricultural College Fund Acts 3 

Agricultural Colleges Established 62 

Battles on Land, Colonial 135; Revolutionary 119; 
"1812" 109 ; Mexican 52 ; Civil War 2240 ; Span- 
ish War 20 2771 

Battles on the Water, Colonial 3; Revolutionary 61; 

"1812'^ 87; Civil War 24; Spanish War 4 190 

Confederate States of America, Data 32 

Confederation Data 86 

Colonial Congresses 3 

Congressional Apportionments 39 

Congress Tterms, Sessions and Polit. Complexion. . . . 684 

Constitutions, Federal and State 67 

Conventions and Nominations 355 

Department Heads, States 42; War 55; Navy 42; 
Treasury 50; Interior 24; Agriculture 4; Post- 
Masters-General 48; Attorneys-General 54 286 

Disasters, Epidemics 47 ; Fire 141 ; Floods 59 ; Mis- 
cellaneous 47; Railroads 106; Shipping 231; 

Winds 92 723 

Discoveries, Settlements and Cities 466 

Duels of Note 15 

Electoral and Popular Votes 243 



INDEX. 211 

Executions of Note 11 

First Instances 135 

Insurrections, Mutinies and Riots 230 

Massacres 70 

Miscellaneous Events 251 

Murders of Note 13 

Natural Phenomena 124 

Newspapers of Early Establishment 76 

Patents of Note 142 

Presidents 75 ; Vice-Presidents 72 147 

Senate Presidents, Pro tem 183 

Slavery Abolished 24 

Societies and Organizations Founded 22G 

Speakers of House of Representatives 114 

Sporting Events, America's Cup 17; Pugilism 11 28 

Supreme Court Decisions of General Interest 20 

Supreme Court Justices 50 

Tariff Acts and Proclamations 183 

Territories Organized 39 

Treaties and Conventions 354 

Universities and Colleges Founded 392 

Wars, Colonial 18 ; Federal 115 133 

Total 9076 



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